Jamie Redknapp Quotations

You can't just play on the edge of games - you have to be in the thick of it.

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

My dad knows the business, and he tells me I've got to do what's best for me.

You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.

You have to be professional and think about the future.

People always seem to be interested in my private life because I'm married to a pop star.

I've had two or three injuries when with England and it's been a bit bizarre.

I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.

I suppose it hacks me off sometimes when people go on about all the other stuff, because I have really worked hard at my game, and I've been incredibly dedicated in getting myself fit, and getting my game right.

I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.

I know I'm 25 now, but there's still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.

You've got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful.

You have to be physical - that's the way it is in a midfield in the modern game.

I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness.

I haven't counted, obviously, but I reckon I've lost over a year and a half of my career through injury so far.

You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.

Physically and mentally I'm stronger right now because an injury is not playing on my mind all the time.

But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky.

From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing.

I've been at Liverpool for eight years, and the time has come for us to start achieving.

I haven't achieved as much as I should have done in my career.

I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.

People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.

Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation.

Arsenal have been literally passed to death.

Sometimes, you just get a label and it sticks.

At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.

I enjoy spending time at home or going out for a quiet meal in a restaurant.

I cried at my son's sports day, for God's sake. I'm a huge baby

The way I am, I like to look forward instead of looking back.

Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.

But I just want to be known for my football.

But what goes on in my life outside of the game should be my business.

We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them.

Me Grandad is 74 and he's football bananas, so me nan gets loads of grief.

It's a horrible feeling - there's nothing worse for any player than to be thinking at the back of your mind that there's something wrong with you.

I've worked on the physical side and I think I'm a player that can do most things.

Gareth Bale literally has three lungs

Frank Lampard has a vision for seeing things

Arsenal's width comes from wide areas

In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.

The importance of a warm up and cool down can't be stressed enough.

It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball.

People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.

My guilty pleasure is One Direction.

The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.

In his youth Michael Owen was literally a greyhound.

Suarez will improve and he will get better.

When you play a team with as much attacking power as Barcelona and you restrict them to one shot on target in the second leg, you are doing something right. Have the best football team gone through? Yes. Have the best organised team gone through? No.

As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.

Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year... his fellow players

Most goals are scored between the posts.

Peter has got the feet of a Wayne Rooney or a Ronaldo in that he has a lot of skills,

He is better than just making a nuisance of himself. That's unfair, because he is a genuinely good footballer

The ankle was obviously a bit worrying at the time, but I've always felt confident that I would get back and be as strong as ever.

But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble.

As I say, you get labelled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.

It's important we win and because of the players we have we should win some matches in style.

In the past, I have run forward with the ball desperate not to give it away because of the fear that the defence would not be able to handle it.

You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.