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

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.

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.

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

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.

Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that I'm alive and human and capable of being so moved.

Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.

Jesus has not promised to build your ministry

You make me believe in happiness... if I had my way, if anything were up to me, I’d never be without you. You are my purpose.

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.

without understanding and respect, even love could turn into a trap all too easily

I will sing in San Francisco if I have to sing in the streets, for I know that the streets of San Francisco are free.

It's superb, definitely. Something that is new to me, that is shocking. I got the news last night about 3 in the morning, and I don't think I even went back to bed.