If you pray for things, I am proof that they can happen. I want to repay the manager's faith in bringing me back. (on re-signing for Liverpool).

I sometimes think I've needed a bit of an arm around me in my career - which I've not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn't underst….

A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again..

I get paranoid about people staring at me. Even now I don't deal with people looking at me. I can't do it sometimes. I can't go out. I don't know how….

It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don't want to be the last man sta….

Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had….

If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a….

I hate talking about football. I just do it, you know?.

I don't really think kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off..

I used to hate Ian Rush when I was young, because I was a devout Evertonian in those days, and he seemed to score every time Liverpool played against….

The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already..

Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas….

Anyone who doesn't learn from Ian Rush needs shooting..

An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering..

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole s….

Stuart is good for Manchester City. It is not hard to see his passion for the game, and his commitment. (on Stuart Pearce).

Houllier couldn’t deal with players expressing any anger or questioning any of his decisions.

I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them..

I do a fair bit for children's charities. The big ones I support in Liverpool are Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, and Claire House Children's Hospice. I do….

The treble parade would have been the most perfect moment of my footballing life, but for the two people standing behind me, clearly already plotting….

I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I….