Sheedy on life and football - and Kevin Sheedy

"There are parts of being Paul Hogan I really enjoy and Robbie Williams and bloody Mr Bean. Why should I take that out of my life just because I'm a bloody bozo AFL coach?"
"To be No.1 you don't have to do the right thing just once - you have to do it ALL THE TIME."
"I give the AFL a bit of a touch-up every now and then, because they need one sometimes. And so do I. The deal is, in the end, they're pretty good."
On James Hird: "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is."
On Tim Watson: "Sometimes coaches fall in love with their players.
I think we must have state of origin ... You should never have players go through their football careers without representing their state.
I never did anything on the football ground that I regretted.
The day I finish is going to be the worst day of my life. No, my real worst day will be when I kick the bucket.
If you haven't got a love for football, you might as well get out of the ball game. There are football people in football and there are people in football. And there's a bloody big difference.
We've got to build this game up to be the best game in the world. I don't see anything written anywhere to tell us how to do it. There isn't a manual. That's what I'm on about. I might chase things that aren't there sometimes, but the day you stop chasing, you may as well get out of the game.
One thing I learned is that to delegate doesn't mean to abdicate.
Once you stop recruiting you stop playing. But I've never cleared a champion. I'm very proud of that.
His biggest regret: If I had my time again I'd have gone in and tried to convince the Richmond football club committee to lift their ban on me playing for Richmond in the district cricket grand final in 1977-78. I was captain of the football team and they expected me to play a practice match. But cricket was so important to me at the time. I had reached the Richmond firsts (as a leg spinner) after coming up from the fourths the year before. My whole aim was to show people that even at 30 you can still make it. I missed out and I never got another chance.
Asked in 1991, what he would be doing at the turn of the century: If I'm good enough I'll still be a coach somewhere. If not I'll do something in footy, like the media or looking after kids.
I've been under pressure all my life. I've been to losing grand finals and winning grand finals. And there a lot of people who have never been to any.