Steven Gerrard Quotes

There is going to be a lot asked of me over the next few weeks but I am getting more experience now and learning all the time.

We're going to be the underdogs again in Istanbul on the 25th, but that suits us. (on the Champions league Final)

In football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me.

It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it. (on the Champions League trophy)

Earlier on in the season I'd have been very surprised to think we could win this competition because there were some fantastic teams in it. (on the Champions League)

We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster.

The fact I've played well means that on a personal level I have enjoyed the season.

I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of luck also wouldn't go amiss.

That win means so much. They got back into the game but I think we showed today that we want to go to the wire. We want to go all the way.

My message to the fans would be that hopefully I can continue to perform as consistently as I have done this season and lift a trophy for them soon.

I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

We need to go there and make sure we bring that cup home. and if we do succeed, then we'll dedicate it to the fans that have waited so patiently since 1984. (on the Champions League)

I just wanted to jump into the stands and start celebrating with those wonderful fans. (on reaching the Champions League final)

It was difficult knowing one of your cousins had lost his life.

It was nice to get three goals, but I dont feel I have anything to prove.

Everyone is going to be talking about Chelsea and Liverpool but the others are very tough teams.

As club captain all I want to do is help us get back up the table and into the Champions League.

I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it.

Hopefully it'll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I'm not really a superstitious person.

If I ever saw one of my team-mates diving, I'd definitely have a word

I've seen the slip a few times. I don't have to watch something like that to go through the pain again and again and again.

When I leave the car park at Melwood, I try and become a completely different person. I try to get away from it. You have got to. Otherwise you end up like Jamie Carragher - obsessed!