Quirke: 'I’ve never done drugs in my life, but I’d imagine that’s what the buzz must feel like'

Kerry selector Micheal Quirke knows the dramatic victory over Dublin will count for nought if the Kingdom fail to land Sam Maguire at Croke Park on Sunday

BUZZ: Kerry Selector Micheal Quirke. ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Mike Quirke is no killjoy. Twenty minutes in his company is a pleasant experience but when he says winning an All-Ireland will do nothing for him personally, he means it. But in the best possible sense.

For him, to see the players walk up the Hogan Stand steps on Sunday will be enough reward. They have given him plenty of thrills this year, but the Kerry selector yearns for the likes of David Clifford and Seán O’Shea to strike gold in what is remarkably their fifth senior seasons, for his Kerins O’Rahillys club-mate David Moran to cap what has been a fine and lengthy career albeit one punctuated by considerable physical and emotional pain.