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.

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.

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.

It seems like the best escape games come from Japan for some reason. It makes me proud.

I smile broadly, feeling as warm and full as the sun.

The media will mess your way of thinking up, don't take they word for nothing do your on research.

Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared?

It's up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions.

Reason is afraid of defeat, But intuition enjoys challenges

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

[Donald Trump] would be chaos for the country, I think.

I'm signed to Atlantic through 300 Entertainment [Lyor Cohen's label]. That is my only contractual relationship.