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I like Tony Blair.
Xabi embraced life in Liverpool.
It's all about winning trophies really.
Nobody in football wants to receive sympathy.
No-one wants to grow up and be a Gary Neville.
We sometimes undervalue the importance of goalkeepers.
I was born on January 28, 1978, the same day as Buffon.
In knockout football, it's one bad game and you're out.
Managers are never appreciated when they're in the job.
Learning to be a Liverpool player comes with experience.
Everyone's different with different ways of doing things.
Centre-back takes more out of you mentally than physically.
A chance to manage at the highest level? What could be better?
Every manager has his own ideas and different ways of doing things.
You can shape statistics to make them look however you want them to.
Many in top positions around Europe have devoted their lives to coaching.
Not playing for Liverpool would hurt me more than not playing for England.
I've played for Liverpool's first-team pretty much every week for 16 years.
Don't ever call me a bottler on the radio with thousands of people listening
Buffon has been a star from the moment he began his senior career with Parma.
Playing for England is a bonus, but playing for Liverpool is what I want to do.
Has there ever been a Premier League star splitting opinion more than Mesut Ozil?
I don't mind a bit of cricket, but it has to be something massive like the Ashes.
Compared to other clubs, what we've achieved under Gerard Houllier is exceptional.
Anger and bad experiences used to fuel my performances, but it was horribly draining.
We want to play a full year, July to July, because that will mean we've been successful.
Medals were - and always will be - the best thing to show your accomplishments in football.
There's one thing I've never seen in a paper. Jamie Carragher linked with this or that club.
I've seen plenty of young lads elevated into the senior squad acting like they have made it.
I only missed nine Premier League games from a possible 228 between August 2004 and May 2010.
I was an Evertonian as a kid, but I've never hated Man United. I've always had respect for them.
Without Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, we would discuss Robben more often and with more appreciation.
I always thought just because I love football, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm desperate to manage.
There is so much I admire about Buffon. His longevity is remarkable, his loyalty to Juventus impeccable.
At the end of a career you're desperate more than ever for medals, grabbing as much as you can as you go.
I've never blown my own trumpet over my ability but it took an awful lot to stop me getting on the pitch.
We take the plaudits when things are going well so you have to take the criticism when it's not going well.
In the past, you would have been classed as a sweeper if you were put in the middle of a three-man defence.
It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.
The buzz we had in 2000-01 was unique. We played 34 matches between January 1 and May 19, but lost only four.
You talk about results being more important than performances but, ideally, you want to put the two together.
If you want trophies, they don't get given to you, you have to earn them, you have to play well in big games.
I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.
The crowd, especially at Anfield, want us to win so much that it transmits itself down on to the pitch at times.
When the tone needs to be set and the crowd need to be revved up, nothing is better than a big, shuddering tackle.
We are constantly told to enjoy Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo before they retire but what about Arjen Robben?
Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?
To captain Liverpool in any game is special, but to do it in a final, would be one of the proudest moments of my life.
Normally in the past whenever Everton have beaten Liverpool, the accusation was that they wanted it a little bit more.
It's been a privilege for me, really, to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world, an iconic club, an institution.