"I still say the '94 Double team is the best. They could outfight you or outplay you, depending on the way you wanted it. But this side is moving in the same direction."
Roy Keane, 13 February 1999

"A day's not passed where I haven't though, `Can I ever be the same player again?'. I would like to think I can."
Keane in August 1998

"The games we lost this season we would never have lost with Keane playing. If he had been on the field, I think there would have been something different about the place. There has been a lack of leadership because of the youthfulness of the team."
Alex Ferguson on the absence of Roy Keane throughout 1997-98

"The fans are worried that Sky might forget about the genuine fans and I'd like to think that the chairman doesn't forget about the hardcore fans. At United we feel there are a lot of shirt and tie people at the match and the genuine fans haven't been getting the opportunity to buy tickets, and if they have it's too expensive."
Roy Keane, 17 October 1998

"Sorry Roy, but I'm afraid your knee is knackered!!"
How the surgeon broke the bad news of Roy's knee injury to him.

"I love it when the team scores....the lads are always giving me stick because of it, but I'm just so happy I can't help it."
Keano on when United score

"Roy Keane's probably the funniest person in the team. In the changing room, he'll say `watch this' and he'll start humming or singing a song near Pally. Five minutes later Pally will be singing the same song!
Never fails that one!"
Ryan Giggs on Keano

"Roy Keane is Damien, the devil incarnate off the film The Omen. He's evil. Even in training."
Giggsy on Keano the Red Devil

"I hate losing in training, I'm always arguing, having a go at everybody. I take my job very seriously."

"I don't think I could have a higher option of any footballer than I all ready had of the Irishman, but he rose even further in my estimation at the Stadio Delle Alpi. The minute he was booked and out of the final he seemed to redouble his efforts to get the team there. It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose he inspired all a round him. I felt it was an honour to be associated with such a player."
Alex Ferguson on Roy Keane after the European Cup semi-final tie against Juventus in the 1998-99 season.