If I was English would I be respected a bit more? Yes, I think so, that's the truth.

The press keep asking me but I will stop when I stop scoring. The problem is football is very ageist. When you reach 30, they keep talking about your age.

If I finish tomorrow and look back on the past years, I' d say, 'that wasn't bad'.

I am not a player to have regrets. I should have stayed at certain clubs longer, but I don't regret.

England was never my home. I had a home there but Dublin is my home so leaving Ireland was the hardest thing I had to do.

In many ways Roy Keane is bigger than One Direction.

I get paid to play football, not to sit on the bench, I don't enjoy that. Over the years loads of players have been very happy to do that and pick up their money. That used to really wind me up.

Success comes from having dreams that are bigger than your fears.

And maybe she had certain beliefs that if you love somebody, [you're] gonna like them too. And that isn't necessarily true.

For my 16th birthday, my family took me to L'Auberge de L'Ill, which was family-run but had three Michelin stars. It was a revelation. After that meal, I realised this is what I want to do.

There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn't be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.

From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.

The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not.

The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art.

Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?

Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways.

When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o'erflow? If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad, Threatening the welkin with his big-swollen face?