1. Make an effort when you go abroad
FROM ORDERING YOUR cerveza in Spanish to doing a little bow when you score in the World Cup finals in the Far East. Whichever is applicable.
2. Go play football, don’t hang around at Chelsea/Newcastle when you’re dropped/relegated.
Duff with then-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in 2006. Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport
3. Trust your team-mates
Ireland U-20 team-mate Barry Quinn gives Damien Duff a hair cut. Pic : INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan
4. Say your prayers
5. Work hard to get to the top yourself…
Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger
6… but don’t forget to celebrate your enemies’ defeats
Robbie Keane and Duff tweeted this story of them dancing after France’s exit for the World Cup in 2010.
7. Be positive:
Reply to every question with ” Eh,, definitely, Yeah.”
Handout/UEFA via INPHO
A version of this piece was originally published on 1 March 2013
