Kevin Keegan is an outstanding individual and also did his best. It wasn’t always easy for Kevin at the football club. We didn’t have the structure around that we should have had to support him. I will take responsibility for that. Mike Ashley Read Quote
I wanted to help Newcastle, I wanted to make it better. I do not seem to have had that effect. Mike Ashley Read Quote
I am wedded to Newcastle like Sports Direct. They’ve got me and I’ve got them. That’s just the way it is. Mike Ashley Read Quote
Do I regret getting into football? The answer is yes. I have had tonnes of fun in it but I haven’t been able to make the difference I wanted to like I have at Sports Direct. Mike Ashley Read Quote
Criticism is a funny thing, because I think if you want to be something, create something or make a difference in any walk of life you have to be hugely self-critical. Mike Ashley Read Quote
The school I went to was only famous for one thing… Peter Osgood went to that particular school. That’s probably my earliest memory of the importance of football. Mike Ashley Read Quote
I don’t care what people say, it’s very difficult to keep a player when they want to go. The age of slavery is dead. Mike Ashley Read Quote
The over-riding reality is that I am just not wealthy enough to own Newcastle. Mike Ashley Read Quote
