All Quotes

I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on. ”

I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here. ”

I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax. ”

I spend the entire 90 minutes looking for space on the pitch. I'm always between the opposition's two holding midfielders and thinking, 'The defence is here, so I get the ball and I go there to where the space is.' ”

In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy. ”

It's exciting that you've got an entire season to experience 24 hours of highly dramatically charged human experience. It allows for the close inspection of minutiae in behaviour. ”

Growing doesn't mean renouncing your history. ”

I grew up a lot as a professional and as a person in Liverpool, and I have very strong links to the club and the city. ”

I don't think I will stop learning about football. There are certain parts we will never understand, like what happens in the brain of a player or makes a team fear. ”

When the results are good, everything seems prettier; when things go bad, it seems like all conflicts, personal disputes, and problems arise. ”