Statistics and numbers are no good unless you have good people to analyse and then interpret their meaning and importance.

I’ve always said that you can live without water for many days, but you can’t live for a second without hope.

Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore

It's not always plain sailing... especially when you're flying!

The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city.

They brought on someone who cost more than our stadium.

Look at Tottenham. You spend over £100-odd million, you'd expect to be challenging for the league.

My biggest mentor is myself because I've had to study, so that's been my biggest influence.

That ability to press immediately, within five or six seconds to get the ball, is important

I'm never going to walk away because I'll always have belief that I can improve players and make things better.

I was surprised we were playing in Manchester and have a referee from Greater Manchester.

This not how you hide, Corin!

perception shapes priorities, priorities shape people

Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.(Tout passe tout lasse tout casse.)

Reading any piece of writing aloud is an acid test, particularly when it comes to dialogue. There were writers I'd always admired who suddenly rang false when I spoke their words in our living room.

That's the tragedy of the rich: They don't need anything.

But if one's dreams having to come true was the only referendum on whether they were beautiful, or worth dreaming, well then, no one would wish for anything. And that would be so much sadder.

I often try to photograph things about a person that are not visible.

If I'm good at something, I'm good at something, and if I'm bad at something, I'm just bad at something. Gender shouldn't have anything to do with any of my work or anything I produce or create.

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.

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