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“I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.”
“The top coaches want wide strikers who cut inside. They want playmaking midfielders who can play between the lines as well as perform their defensive duties.”
“Well, when I wasn't playing with a football I used to play with 'Star Wars' figures as a kid. Hanging out with Chewbacca and Luke Skywalker is how I passed the time when I wasn't kicking a ball around.”
“People always want to talk about the club, whether it is positively or negatively, and if you play for Liverpool you have got to get used to that as part of the job.”
“I always thought just because I love football, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm desperate to manage.”
“The reason Ozil has as many detractors as supporters is he is a bit of an anomaly - an elegant, skilful footballer who at his best evokes memories of the great number 10s from the past, but sometimes looks unsuited to the extra demands of a changing game at the very top.”
“Xabi embraced life in Liverpool.”
“My wife never went to many Liverpool games but if she was out on a Saturday, she would always ask someone for the score. If we had won, she'd simply be relieved that I would be coming home in a good mood.”
“Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?”
“If you want trophies, they don't get given to you, you have to earn them, you have to play well in big games.”
“For a 20-year-old kid to be taking on Liverpool Football Club over a contract. To the pit of my stomach that just winds me up, it angers me.”
“There is pressure, and I would never complain about that, but as players we put pressure on ourselves all the time. That's one thing I won't miss when I finally stop playing.”
“It is embarrassing that a player would give up his career and the chance to compete for the biggest prizes in the game just for money.”
“The captain at international level has to be someone who is one of the first names on the team sheet, someone who has the respect of the other players and someone who has good leadership qualities.”
“I'm always trying to improve.”
“Liverpool has always had speculation about managers, players, players coming, players going and it's the same as managers. That's part of being part of a big club, you always have that type of thing.”
“Learning to be a Liverpool player comes with experience.”
“A chance to manage at the highest level? What could be better?”
“Managers are never appreciated when they're in the job.”
“There were players who could leave the result at Anfield, but me? No chance. I got involved in the running of two restaurants in Liverpool to take my mind off football but, before the opening night of each one, I'd played badly. It meant I couldn't enjoy the party. It felt like I had to punish myself.”