Kevin Keegan

Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born 14 February 1951) is a former English football player and ex-manager of the English national team.

Quotes

• I don't think there is anyone bigger or smaller than Diego Maradona!
• [Referring to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson ] When you do that with footballers like he said about Leeds, and when you do things like that about a man like Stuart Pearce - I've kept really quiet, but I'll tell you something, he went down in my estimation when he said that - we have not resorted to that. But I'll tell ya - you can tell him now if you're watching it - we're still fighting for this title, and he's got to go to Middlesbrough and get something, and... and I tell you honestly, I will love it if we beat them, love it!

• Brian Moore: Quickly Kevin, you know him best, will he score?
  Kevin Keegan: Yes
• (about his wife) in Jean I think I've found the ideal partner... I think... I abuse her.
• Our current financial situation means that if we want to buy, we have to spend.
  • Collection of Kevin Keegan quotes
• The Premier League is in danger of becoming one of the most boring, but great, leagues in the world.
  • "Has the Premier League's Big Four become a Big Two?", BBC Sport: Football (13 August 2010)

• I'm not as keen, I've got to be honest, and it may not be a view shared. I don't like to listen to ladies talking about the England men's team at the match because I don't think it's the same experience. I have a problem with that.
• The presenters we have now, some of the girls are so good, they are better than the guys. It's a great time for the ladies.
  But if I see an England lady footballer saying about England against Scotland at Wembley and she's saying, "If I would have been in that position I would have done this," I don’t think it's quite the same. I don't think it crosses over that much.
  • Comments at An Evening With Kevin Keegan OBE, an event in Bristol, as cited in "Kevin Keegan criticises ‘lady footballers’ talking about England men", The Times (4 October 2023)
  • Women In Football commented on X (formerly known as Twitter): "There is more than one reason why Keegan is seen as an icon of the 1970s."