Chris Coleman Quotes

I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it.

My soul is still Irish.

I love Ireland. I'll always be 100pc Irish. I get really excited when I go to Sligo; it's my home.

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

I'm proud to be Irish.

I have lived in Ireland, visited all my life, and when I fight, I represent Ireland.

You can take a man out of Ireland, but you can't take the Irishness out of the man.

I am immensely proud of my Irish roots.

My family are very happy that I'm playing with Ireland. It's my dad's side, and he's really, really proud. He wants me to play for Ireland, and I'm really happy to play for Ireland.

You always want to play for the national side.

Supporting Celtic, waving a tricolour because your parents are Irish - that's a valid culture.

My father's NFL dreams never really felt like motivation to me, but it was something to aspire to. He was such a great athlete, the least I could do is try and use my athletic talent to represent my country in a different way. He represented as a Marine. Maybe I could do something to represent as an athlete.

To represent your country is the ultimate honour, and to play Test cricket for India will be the ultimate fulfilment of my cricketing ambition.

On my mum Marie's side, my nana was from the Republic of Ireland, and my granddad was from the north. Lots of families in Manchester have strong Irish connections, but it never occurred to me to play for anyone other than England.

My pride at wearing the Irish shirt was always 100 per cent genuine. It was a great honour for myself and my family and something I will always cherish.

Every player wants to be there in the national team.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

I know when my father travelled 5,000 miles to make his home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to be its leader.

But I'm a daughter of the American revolution, my grandpa fought in World War II, I have lots of family members who were in the military, and it really just was part of growing up for me.

The opportunity beckoned me to play for England, but I chose Nigeria because it has always been my ambition to play for the Super Eagles.

All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful.

I'm massively passionate about playing for my country.

The dream of every kid is to play for the country, and I am no different.

It's an honor to have been considered for the team, and I hope that in the future I will have the chance to represent my country by playing for U.S.A. Basketball.

Playing for Pakistan was such a huge dream.