Nov 25th on His Form..."There are parts of my game I need to improve, parts that are weaker than others. Sometimes it can be small things that make big improvements. Obviously working with Jimmy (Nicholl) will help me improve. Everyone knows him and you've got to have respect for someone who has been there and done it, played at World Cups with Northern Ireland. So you can't ignore advice from him. Jimmy will speak to me quite a bit and if I have a bad day in training he'll call me over and tell me what to do. Jimmy, like the boss, is never short of advice. Being 18 and playing the SPL champs is great. They have quality players and if I can prove myself against them then it's another string to my bow. St Johnstone took points off Rangers and we took points off Celtic so you never know. We've not played badly but we had a poor result against Inverness. We know that was a freak result and it can happen in football. But hopefully we can play our football against Rangers and try to pass them off the park. At times last weekend we passed Hibs off the pitch so I feel we can do that against Rangers."
On His Extended Deal...: "It was nice to get the new deal but it came as a bit of a surprise because I'd just arrived. But I'm not complaining. It's nice that the gaffer think I'm good enough to stay for a few more years. I've featured more than I imagined. I thought I'd get a few games at the end of the season because not many bosses will play a kid who's 18 so I owe the gaffer."

Nov 11th Shiels on McKeon's New Contract..."We are producing a conveyor belt of younger players on four-year contracts that have incentives in there because we are building for the future."

Nov 4th on the Eve of the Caley (H) Match..."We all know what we have to do this weekend. The Ayr semi-final is a big game and we're all looking forward to it. But our main focus is the league. There's a big desire to do well in the league and we are looking at the Inverness game as the chance to win another three points. Inverness are bottom of the table so they have got nothing to lose. They also beat us up there the last time we played and have players we're going to have to worry about. The opposite is also true. So I'm hoping that come time up on Saturday they will have done far more worrying than us. Our season was turned round by a win at Tynecastle last year so I'm hoping we'll do the same this time after beating Hearts last week."
On Signing For Killie...  “When Kenny heard I'd been released he called me up and offered me a contract. I wanted to work with Kenny because he's good with the young players. He's given me a chance here and hopefully I can repay him because I've a lot to thank him for."

July 15th Kenny Shiels on Signing Rory McKeown (Vs Pique)... “Rory is a great young player, he fits in with the way we play and is up for the fight. I am looking to build players for the future as well as for now.  I thought about taking on Mitchell, but felt that he was very similar to Rory in left back. As a signing, I thought it was better to bring through Rory at 18, than take on Mitchell who is 31.