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“As long as I am feeling good I will play football. As long as I am feeling fit, strong and being affective on and off the pitch, I will play the game I love.”
“During my career I've come back to clubs after the summer break to see one of my team-mates not really at it because he's been denied a move to a bigger club for whatever reason, and you can see in his body language that he doesn't want to be there and that kind of thing is massively disruptive and negative.”
“Liverpool are not used to playing a 16-and-a-half stone striker.”
“To have the support of your team-mates is massive.”
“As a big man you may struggle to get much height when jumping for a ball - but by training with your defender team-mates you can develop a technique for making strong challenges in the air, making defenders uncomfortable and work on taking the ball down.”
“As a player on the bench, you become like a fan really. You're sitting there shouting 'why did he do that?' or 'no don't pass it there' and I can see why fans get so frustrated. But then I remember what it is like being out there on the pitch and how players can't see everything that fans can see.”
“More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is a delicacy to this big giant.”
“John Barnes was my idol growing up and he's the reason I've supported Liverpool. I play nothing like him, though!”
“I would never lie about another professional.”
“Sometimes it's nice to be a bit different.”
“Sometimes you're not blessed with the materialistic stuff but you're blessed with a work ethic.”
“Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I didn't set out to go against the grain.”
“I do think there is a responsibility for myself as being a senior professional footballer to be able to pass on my experiences to the younger generation.”
“Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.”
“There ain't nobody going to run me out of nowhere.”
“I've always liked to keep myself busy so I don't get sucked in by temptations and that was part of the reason why I set up my BMO brand - to keep me occupied during my career, but also for when I finish football.”
“Let me clear something up: I don't like KFC. Or McDonald's.”
“I'm a massive fan of Didier Drogba, I love the way he plays. He's not as stacked as me but he's strong and he's still scoring goals. I'm a fan of Diego Costa as well. I think he crosses the line at times but I like the fact he doesn't allow himself to be bullied.”
“I went to bikram yoga once, it was fun, but boy was it tough.”
“I was always a big guy. You see my family - my brothers are the same size.”