My philosophy is that the club is more important than anyone!

It is important for the club to find a balance in a world driven by economic and political needs. This club usually does that [on leaving Liverpool]

Our job is to make the fans happy. When we win, 45,000 people go home happy. When we lose, it not only affects them, it affects their cats.

To me, the team is more important than any individual member of the squad, and the players have to realise that and accept that my priority is to pick a side with the best possible chance of winning each match.

When I see the Bill Shankly statue, I look at the sentiment on the base. It says: 'He made the people happy’. Well now the modern Liverpool is making the fans and the city happy. And that makes me so proud.

We don't destroy our heroes today when we worshipped them yesterday.

There are those who say maybe I should forget about football. Maybe I should forget about breathing.