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THIS FRIDAY, VIRGIN Media One will air a documentary entitled ‘Game Over: True Lives’.
Presented by ex-Ireland and Munster rugby legend Donncha O’Callaghan, the programme will look at how sportspeople deal with life after their playing careers.
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane, a fellow Corkman, features to talk about adjusting to retirement, his day-to-day routine, fitness regime (or lack of) and family life.
“I did an interview a few years ago and some guys asked me who puts my bins out and I said ‘I’ve to put my bins out — living a normal life,” says Keane.
“I’ve offered my young fella a few bob but he won’t do it so there’s things you have to do and drive the kids to school and I’m stuck in traffic going like is this my life.”
“I like to get up early, I like to do some sort of physical exercise but I wouldn’t be going to the gym or going cycling or swimming or joining clubs or lifting weights or anything like that,” he adds.
“I think that was great, it was part of my life and I was passionate about that but I just found passion for other things now. I’ve done my time. I see people out cycling. I look at people about 20 stone out cycling and like what’s the point in you cycling. I still have that mind-set forgetting the fact that maybe they enjoy it”
On taking up his first managerial job, Keane tells: “My plan when I first stopped was we’re going to go on some family trips, we’re going to be like The Waltons — we’re all going to spend time together, go walk in the park and after a month or two they didn’t have the same plans as me so I think they were kind of missing me going to work.
“I got offered a job at Sunderland and I was away on a family holiday and my family were looking at me, I’m not saying it directly but going we kind of enjoy your company but not too much of it so when the job came back up they were saying you should go for it!”
Game Over: True Lives is on Virgin Media One on Friday, 1 February at 10.30pm
Join us to preview the Six Nations with Simon Zebo, Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey on Thursday @7pm in Liberty Hall Theatre Dublin.
