My dad got me my first pair of boots. It was a big occasion for us to go to the shopping centre. It was an exciting time to make sure you got the right ones.

Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been... a virgin.

If I wasn't a footballer, I would be a virgin

I've got my own targets... To establish myself in the team and once you are a regular for Liverpool then England, recognition comes from that and hopefully this will prove the case.

I usually wear moulded boots for training, but I mainly wear studs in matches unless it s really dry.

I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe I was good enough to be here and hopefully I can perform well for my club and try and get to the World Cup.

I am thrilled to be joining a club as prestigious and successful as Liverpool.

I always stick with the same pair if I am on a scoring streak. I wouldn't change them until I go a game without scoring.

Playing for my country is the pinnacle of anyone's career. There's a major tournament coming up so I'm looking forward to being a part of that.

I ve got a boot boy from the Youth team. His name s Kudos - he's a good lad and has been looking after me for a few years.

I think I was 5ft 9in at birth.

Grace is neither gentleness nor fragility. Grace is treating yourself, others, and even inanimate objects with respect.

An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.

Grant me one hour on love’s most sacred shoresTo clasp the bosom that my soul adores, Lie heart to heart and merge my soul with yours.

The earth is large and old enough to teach us modesty.

As a feminist, I think you never want to have your characters defined by the relationships that they're in, and it did give her a chance to be a sophomore in college without a boyfriend.

What is learned in high school, or for that matter anywhere at all, depends far less on what is taught than on what one actually experiences in the place.

As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

Charlie, you’re one of the most gifted people I’ve ever known. And I don’t mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms of anyone I’ve ever met.

He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safer for children to grow up in.