Glenn Moore, Independent
'Honestly written, with many revealing anecdotes ... it is all there, including a sense of guilt at his good fortune'
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'[Quinn's] frankness makes his book so endearing. He is just as open about his own failings as a profesional.' (Sunday Telegraph 20021207)
'The most fair-minded account of ... the verbal "surgical slaughtering" of Mick McCarthy by Roy Keane' (Andy Pollak, The Irish Times 20021220)
'A book that sets a new template for what football autobiographies should be ... Every sentence in this book is beautfully crafted.' (Paul Howard, Sunday Tribune 20021207)
'A magnificent autobiography, candid, funny and occasionally lyrical... Quinn...is a big man in every sense' (Jonathan Wilson, FourFourTwo )
'It is possibly the best [of the William Hill shortlisted books]' (Will Buckley, Observer )
'Thoughtful, funny, nostalgic, occasionally poignant' (Tommy Conlon, Sunday Independent )
'A lively and thought-provoking autobiography' (Sarah Edworthy, Daily Telegraph )
'My vote [for the William Hill prize] might have gone to the only ghosted autobiography on the list... Brilliantly constructed.' (Simon Barnes, The Times )
'Splendidly informative ... Reading like a bar-room anecdote, the veteran footballer's book is near-poetic at times but also insanely funny' (Kate Battersby, Evening Standard )
'[A] marvellous autobiography' (Ronan McGreevy, Irish Post )
'Full of ironies, self-awareness and even jokes' (Simon Barnes, The Times )
'Honestly written, with many revealing anecdotes ... it is all there, including a sense of guilt at his good fortune' (Glenn Moore, Independent )
'Skilfully interweaves Quinn's career with an ongoing essay describing how it effectively ended ... If a league of drinkers were ever compiled, his name would be up there, ahead of such notorious boozers as Tony Adams and Paul Merson' (Alan Patullo, Scotsman )
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