Graeme Souness

It's very difficult, when you're in and out of the team as a player, to get any sort of rhythm. ”

I was sold by Middlesbrough to Liverpool for a record fee between two English clubs and then won European Cups at Anfield, but I couldn't have been prepared for Rangers. I was a fan as a kid and attended a lot of European nights at Ibrox. I knew the club were big. But not how big. ”

It's the one that the players fear. The No 1 is the ACL - the anterior cruciate ligament - closely followed by a real tear of the hamstring, because you know that's the one injury that kids you. ”

I've won something like 27 trophies in my lifetime. There are people out there who are very good players and yet they've won nothing. I won 10 trophies in three different countries as a manager: I've got nothing to prove. I've done it. ”

If you're going to be champions you've got to deal with the challenges that come along in many different ways. ”

I can earn a great deal more money by playing football outside Scotland than I could in Scotland, but I'd still like to be player-manager of Rangers one day. ”

The strikers are the ones that normally go for big, big money because they're the ones who decide the games, nine times out of 10. ”

If you start spending big money, what you're ultimately judged on is how your buys perform. ”

It's very easy for people to overlook how important a good goalkeeper is in a team. ”

What I miss about football is being in the dressing room. But do I miss three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon when matters are totally out of your hands? No, I don't. Do I miss placing my destiny in the hands of others? No, I don't. I loved it as a player. I liked it as a manager. But that's all come and gone. ”