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

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]

We don't have any splits here. The players country is Liverpool Football Club and their language is football.

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

I used to stand on the Kop when I was here in 1969. The atmosphere and passion on the pitch as well as the terraces was intoxicating and Liverpool became part of me from that day on.

Today you play for a place in history, today you play for immortality.

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.