Quotes by Neil Lennon

“Hes on fire. Its difficult coming from a different culture, and he had the hamstring injury as well but now were seeing the best of him.”

“You wouldnt want to change the way he is. His shouting gets a reaction. Its up to you whether its positive or not. The boys respect him for what hes done and what he is. Hes a great player. If he wants to give you a rollicking, you respect that.”

“We came within four minutes of winning it and then it was a whole years work down the drain. It didnt half hurt for a while but weve shown resolve this season and, hopefully, we can see it through.”

“We arrived late and just sat at the back of the auditorium. They were showing snippets of a game against Real Madrid and we were just chuckling away because it was great to watch this wee man tearing strips off defenders. He was voted the greatest Celtic player ever, and rightly so.”

“It is still not a foregone conclusion and we have a bit of work to do. Hearts are going for the Champions League and wont be giving up just yet.”

“Early on in his career that (getting forward) was his (Keanes) forte. Hes just shown hes got more strings to his bow than just sitting in there. I say, go on, on you go. He was full of energy, as was the whole team.”

“I dont really want to get into the debate, but Id want my own manager to win.”

“I love playing with these guys. It makes my job easier out there. It would be great if we could all stay.”

“Hes the best man-manager out there. One word from him is worth 10 from another person. Thats the aura hes got.”