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Who said it? Quotes from Roy Keane’s autobiography – quiz

The new autobiography from Roy Keane, The Second Half, written with Roddy Doyle, has collected a choice array of life lessons from the football manager. We've gone through Keane's screams into the black abyss to pull out his words of wisdom, but can you spot who said what?
  
  


  1. “The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  2. “I was apologising for what had happened – that it happened. But I wasn’t apologising for my behaviour or stance. There’s a difference – I had nothing to apologise for.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  3. “You have to prepare yourself in advance for the fact that not everyone can like what you do.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  4. “Better a diamond with a flaw than pebble without.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  5. “I’m not an eccentric in everyday life in the way that I act and behave. I am an eccentric in the way that I think.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  6. “Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  7. “The self destruct button is definitely there. And I suffer for it.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  8. “I rang him, it went to his voicemail, ‘Hi it’s XXXX-whazzup!’ like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  9. “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the steps.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

  10. “It wouldn’t have been like collecting a letter at the office or remembering your boots.”

    1. Mussolini

    2. Keane

    3. Confucius

    4. Raign from The X Factor

Solutions

1:A, 2:B, 3:D, 4:C, 5:D, 6:A, 7:B, 8:B, 9:C, 10:B

Scores

  1. 0 and above.

    A bit of a ‘WHAZZUP!’ wasn’t it?

  2. 4 and above.

    You don’t know your Haalands from your Queirozs

  3. 7 and above.

    Hi, Roy Keane's ghostwriter
 

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