The sort of lad I am looking for is a kid who will nutmeg Kevin Keegan in training, then step aside him in the corridor

I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.

If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later.

It's not about the long ball or the short ball, it's about the right ball.

One of the things I keep reminding players is that when you're lost in a fog, you must stick together. Then you don't get lost. If there's a secret about Liverpool, that's it.

Mind you, I've been here during the bad times too - one year we came second.

The whole of my life, what they wanted was honesty. They were not concerned with cultured football, but with triers who gave one hundred percent.

At the highest level the first two yards are in your head.

I can let the team do the talking for me.

To read is to truly escape from oneself

Life without the Internet is unimaginable.

Instant gratification takes too long.

When the rate of change outside is more than what is inside, be sure that the end is near.

People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.

You can trust that caring, as a rule, ends poorly,” which is true. Caring doesn’t sometimes lead to misery. It always does.

Everything has to come through the senses, as though the soul is speaking out through the senses.

Setbacks motivate me.

I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.

Every great thinker is someone else's moron.