I'm not saying it wouldn't have happened if I'd come to Anfield then (1997), but I always held out hope that I'd come back and this is a real dream come true for me.

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

When she can't bring me to heal with scolding, she bends me to shape with guilt.

Love Life's Loves

Only when I see myself truly is Gautama Buddha is present in me.

Change the fabric of your own soul and your own visions and you change all.

The idea of connecting all people to knowledge and each other is enduring

It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow.

Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song.

What pisses me off is when I've got seven or eight record company fat pig men sitting there telling me what to wear.

Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better.

Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey's back.