At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back to Ireland and see all the Irish boys again.

We have a great sense of togetherness. It is our team spirit that has taken us to this World Cup.

As a kid growing up in the back streets of Dublin I used to pretend I was playing in the World Cup with my mates out on the streets, and now I will be doing it for real.

Sometimes, you need different things in life, you need different challenges that will give you that little boost.

I used to love watching him as a player, so it is a joy to play alongside him. I might take the mickey out of him, but deep down I have so much admiration for him.

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.

Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it.

Top players don't come much topper than Gerrard and Carragher

A Rod: An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish.

I have always wanted to come and play in MLS so it’s the perfect combination for me and a dream come true.

I am absolutely delighted at the prospect of joining a world famous club like Inter.

The worst part of being okay is that okay is far from happy.

Employment sells out the essence of life

There was nothing in life harder or more important than agreeing every morning to stay the course, to go back to your forgotten self of so many years ago, and to make the same decision.

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.

Things are opaque to us, and we are opaque to ourselves.

Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.

Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man.

Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.