Kerry captain White ‘can’t put it into words’published at 18:11 British Summer Time
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FT: Donegal 0-19 Kerry 1-26
Kerry captain Gavin White, speaking to the GAA Social Live: “Very emotional. There were serious questions asked of the team this year, so to go out and captain them today… You could put an armband on anyone out there as there are serious leaders. It’s difficult to put it into words.”
On lifting Sam: “It’s very special. To captain an All-Ireland team is highly special and I’m not sure it will sink in for a number of days. Maybe in years to come when I hang up the boots, I may only then look back at the magnitude of it.”
On Kerry’s flying start: “I think we went out in the first 15 minutes to make our experience count and made an unbelievable start. It was an ambition to set the tempo from the start.”
On Donegal: “We were under no illusions how good a team they are as they’ve shown it all year. We tried to shut out the background noise, but we just focussed on ourselves, looked at Donegal’s strengths and weaknesses and went from there.”
On manager Jack O’Connor potentially stepping down: “I wasn’t aware of that, but I’ll have to have a chart with him tonight and try to twist his arm a small bit.”
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Kerry captain Gavin White in action