A biography for Graeme Sounesshasn’t been written yet.
“Liverpool will always be a very special place to me.”
“You get a sense when you're a player of where the game's going and you work your way around that.”
“The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.”
“All top players have an edge to them.”
“Don't get me wrong, growing up in Edinburgh, I was all too familiar with the Hibs and Hearts rivalry. My father grew up in Leith - Hibee territory - just off of Easter Road on Albert Street.”
“To play as an anchor man you have to be extremely disciplined and a lot of the time you're attracted to the ball but can't go there because if you don't get there or it breaks down there is a hole.”
“When I have an evening out I like to see big musicals where the whole audience is encouraged to giddy up out of the seat.”
“I worry for Scottish football.”
“The stature of Liverpool means they want to win trophies.”
“When I do read, it tends to be serious books like autobiographies and if I've met a famous person, I'll read up on them.”
“In 2017, Kante has been fantastic and is almost two players at times. He covers every blade of grass and he's not short of technique. He would get in any team because there's room for that type of player no matter what system you play or level you play at.”
“You can Google how many goals a player has scored in the last few seasons, or against this particular side, but our job is to point the viewers to something that is happening in the game that they may not have seen or thought of.”
“I can remember Bob Paisley was never happy.”
“You can't look into a crystal ball but what you can say is if money is put on the table and you get half your signings right then you are going to be better next time around.”
“You get rejection throughout your life and that shapes you eventually to what you become.”
“Man Utd have always been the glamour team, always been the team that attracted attention even when they were not winning things.”
“The Scottish people and the people of the north-east are very similar - they love their football.”
“I think I speak for all the pundits when I say we are just giving an opinion. I am asked to give an opinion based on my experiences in football and based on what I see out on the pitch.”
“I've won something like 27 trophies in my lifetime. There are people out there who are very good players and yet they've won nothing. I won 10 trophies in three different countries as a manager: I've got nothing to prove. I've done it.”
“Kante senses dangers and knows where the ball is going to be. He has that in his DNA. Paul Pogba has more in his DNA to be up there, create.”