I sometimes think I've needed a bit of an arm around me in my career - which I've not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn't understand me.

It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don't want to be the last man standing.

An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering.

Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again.

The treble parade would have been the most perfect moment of my footballing life, but for the two people standing behind me, clearly already plotting their next move.

Anyone who doesn't learn from Ian Rush needs shooting.

To say that I haven't been motivated to play is absolute nonsense.

I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.

Houllier did what he had to do – I’m not the first person to be treated like a disposable commodity

The money I try and earn is for my family. It's not for me. It's always about my family.

Bonnie, believe in me. I’ll save you.I remember how to fly.

You can't do anything about the past, it's done and can't be mended. But the future is different, if you just think what you really want and reach out and take it.

Let me be an ocean and let me kiss you as many times as the ocean kisses the shore.

If you want to know what a person is truly made of, don't rush to define them until you meet them and see the principles they live by.

Existence of mankind, the glory of God.

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.

During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Compassion is the foundation of everything positive, everything good. If you carry the power of compassion to the marketplace and the dinner table, you can make your life really count.

It is good to know that out there, in a forest in the world, there is a cabin where something is possible.