"I've got four games and that's the deal. I'm going to do the four games, then I hope I'm going to leave the new manager in a position I would like to be left for me. Then I'm going back to Fulham" - Keegan sets out his plans as England caretaker-boss.

"The day I don't get emotional about football, I'll be back playing golf again in Spain" - Keegan plans for his future as England boss.

"I have no complaints. Absolutely no-one is to blame but myself. I did the job to the best of my ability. I am not the man to take it that stage further. I have to be true to myself. Kevin Keegan has given it his best shot. I told the players I don't think I can find that little bit extra that you need at this level" - on quitting as England boss.

"I would love it if we could beat them. Love it. He's gone down in my estimation. Manchester United haven't won this yet, I'd love it if we beat them" - his finger-jabbing rant on Sky TV as the 1995/6 title race begins to heat up.

"Top six is our aim, you have to aim high and I would be very disappointed if we didn't finish in the top six" - Keegan thinks big for City shortly after the arrival of Nicolas Anelka.

"I can't abide people doing things like that. These sorts of players are no good to anybody. I'm disgusted with him. As far as I'm concerned, Danny Tiatto doesn't exist" - after Tiatto is sent off in 2-2 draw with Blackburn in 2002.

"I have to admit that what I said to the referee outside his room afterwards was out of order. That was wrong and I owe him a letter of apology for that" - apologises for branding referee Steve Dunn a "homer" after Newcastle's 4-3 win over his Manchester City side at St James' Park in October 2004.

"They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different."

"Despite his white boots, he has real pace... "

"You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw... "

"He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted. "

"There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight. "

"...using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength. "

"Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice. "

"That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved. "

"I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different. "

"I'm not disappointed - just disappointed. "

"The tide is very much in our court now. "

"Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose. "

"A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off. "

"The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game."

"The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today. "

"That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong. "

"I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon. "

"The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful. "

"Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries... "

"In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg. "

"England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second-to-none. "

"It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney. "

"Discipline is not only very important, it's crucial. "

"Young Gareth Barry - he's young. "

"I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time. "

"It could be far worse for me if it was easy for me. "

"Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America. "

"They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that."

"You don't get two chances at this level, or at any other level for that matter."

"You're not just getting international football, you're getting world football."

"I want more from David Beckham. I want him to improve on perfection."

"The tide is very much in our court now."

"There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams, who definitely won't be playing tomorrow."

"We have spent three matches chasing a football."

"Kanu, a guy with a heart as big as he is."

"Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa."

"Football's always easier when you've got the ball."

"They don't come every three days, like they come after this one."

"It's no longer an 11 man game."

"We are three games without defeat is another way of looking at it. But if we are honest we have taken two points from nine."

"The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23."

"For some it's the ultimate job, for the others it's the last job."

"I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really."

"We managed to wrong a few rights."

"He'll also be very dangerous from set-pieces. That means he'll be a threat from free-kicks and corners in the final third of the field."

"Danny Tiatto is not going to make a mistake on purpose."

"Well, if that's true then it would be a big surprise, but then nothing surprises me in football these days."

"You get bunches of players like you do bananas, though that is a bad comparison."

"Not many teams will come to Arsenal and get anything, home or away."

"Nicolas Anelka left Arsenal for £23million and they built a training ground on him."

"I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again."

"You need 88 points for the title and we've got 61 at present with 16 games to go, but if you set targets you limit yourself."

"We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half."

"He's got a heart as big as his size, which isn't big, but his heart's bigger than that'

"One team with destiny already decided..."

"Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where it is...."