A biography for Graeme Sounesshasn’t been written yet.
“When you go into the really big games you look at your team and think 'where are we weak, where are we vulnerable.'”
“Football is the most entertaining game in the world to watch because it's end to end with lots of things happening.”
“The world is changing, football should definitely too.”
“I've never courted popularity.”
“I first learned what a rivalry really was at White Hart Lane.”
“You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got.”
“If you're scoring two goals at Stamford Bridge, it tells you that you are a player.”
“If you came to my house you would not think an ex-footballer lived there. I've got nothing on the walls or the shelves from my time in the game.”
“Benteke is a threat when he's fit, fully motivated and firing on all cylinders.”
“The crowd are more understanding at Anfield than at any other football ground.”
“If you are making mistakes at centre-back then inevitably that results in an effort on your goal and your goalkeeper has to make a save.”
“I joined Liverpool in 1978. I was the record signing between English clubs.”
“Apart from actually playing football, I am at my most happiest with either my dogs, or planting in the garden.”
“The one thing I learnt going to Italy was there's no real change in how the game should be played, but how players look after themselves.”
“I'm a great believer that you cannot have enough senior pros around your dressing room.”
“No one's career is full of highs. Somewhere down the line you are going to get kicked where it hurts and it's how you deal with that.”
“It is really strange how life works, isn't it?”
“Both my parents were mild, gentle people.”
“I think I'm lucky in that I can park things. I don't dwell. I've got a selective memory. I only remember the good things. I don't know what a psychologist or a psychiatrist would say about that.”
“Mark Viduka, Nicolas Anelka and Michael Owen are all top strikers and the facts speak for themselves.”