Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.

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

I hate talking about football. I just do it, you know?

The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already.

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

I do a fair bit for children's charities. The big ones I support in Liverpool are Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, and Claire House Children's Hospice. I donate money and time but the time is what they value the most. If my inclusion at any event they're doing, helps them to raise more money, then of course I'll be there.

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.