It’s really important how you say things because people won’t necessarily remember what words you used, but they’ll remember how you made them feel. – Brian McDermott
If you ask me why I’ve succeeded, it’s because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That’s the confidence it breeds. – Brian McDermott
Sometimes you have got to look at things really positively – without putting your head in the sand, you have got to manage the negatives and keep putting a positive slant on it, keep trying to find answers. – Brian McDermott
I can’t go against my nature because I am what I am. I don’t try to be anyone different to who I am. – Brian McDermott
My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish. – Brian McDermott