Steven Gerrard Quotations

But I it doesn't matter who scores the goals so long as we win.

It was difficult knowing one of your cousins had lost his life.

It's too easy to blame other people in football.

In football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me.

There's no doubt that the squad needs strengthening if we are to get back up among the top three because they are operating on another level to us at the moment.

I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy.

It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it.

I'm born in Liverpool, I'm a Liverpool supporter.

I'm playing second fiddle to Justin Bieber - Bieber Fever is sweeping our house, and my girls have made it clear I'm no longer their favourite man.

The odds were against us, but we deserve to be where we are.

We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.

I've got absolutely no intention of ever going to play at another club.

If other people want to talk about my future I can't control that.

I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry.

To me it's the best trophy you can win and to bring it back for all them fans that have supported us right through would be something special.

Even now I can say I'd love to finish my career here, and then stay in the game after that.

The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in.

This club is all about winning trophies and we've got a chance of bringing the greatest trophy of them all back to Anfield, so it means a great deal obviously.

When I leave the car park at Melwood, I try and become a completely different person. I try to get away from it. You have got to. Otherwise you end up like Jamie Carragher - obsessed!

I'm a fan myself and I'm frustrated just as much as them when we get beat.

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

I have always applied myself the same for club and country.

If you don't play well, you have a bad game or a nightmare you know that the amount of coverage is worldwide.

Hopefully it'll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I'm not really a superstitious person.

I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result.

I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.

But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it.

I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it.

I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

Grilled salmon and brown pasta works for me every time.

Against Juventus we were massive underdogs, so to beat them was fantastic.

I am gonna go into my coaching badges after my England days are finished and I have the time on my international break.

I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.

The fans have played a massive part in getting us to where we are, but the job's not finished.

We're going to the final, that's the most important thing. Whether it was a goal or not, I'm sure people will comment on that, but we're happy we're going to Istanbul. Chelsea put us under pressure but we defended really well.

What a lot of people tend to overlook when discussing Peter is that he's excellent on the floor as well as in the air

We are getting increasingly good results against the top sides and emerging as challengers to Chelsea. We feel we are significantly improving in all departments.

We are getting good results against the top sides and not slipping up against the smaller ones. We are emerging as challengers for the title. There is still a big gap to reduce but, as the season goes on and we keep getting the results, our confidence will get bigger and bigger.

We are all ready for the second leg,

Wayne is like a dog on a lead at the minute and we can let him off on Wednesday,

We need to perform again like that and I'm sure we're going to lift the cup if we do.

When you beat Argentina like that and play so well you start to think you can beat anyone. It is probably the most exciting team there has been at that level for a while. It will be such a waste if we go there and fail. The 2010 World Cup will be really difficult in South Africa but this one in Germany will really suit us. We've got to make the most of it.

Obviously it's up to Real Madrid. He's their player and they will decide,

I wouldn't have stayed if I didn't think we could win the league,

If we get the right result Thursday night, that will give us the springboard to reach the final. There's a feeling that this year could be ours.

I didn't want any distractions before the game and it will be the same before the final.

I don't think we're in a position to complain to be honest. I think we just got to be happy we've got a chance to get back in this tournament.

He's a great player. He scores goals in the league, in cup competitions and also in the Champions League,

His reception was very disappointing. I played with Michael for several years and he's a world-class player. He's a legend here but the fans didn't want to see him go in the first place. He deserves a standing ovation here for the goals he scored.

He just goes out there as if he's going for a knockabout with his friends. He has no fear.

He just goes out there as if he's going for a knockabout with his friends, ... He has no fear.

It is a hugely important game, that's for sure, but every time we play at home is a 'must win' for Liverpool. Three points are a necessity for us whoever we are playing and we'll be approaching it like we do any other.

I was asked to play in three different positions,

I thought the sending off was very harsh. We have seen both incidents on the TV and can't believe it,

I think we know the manager really well now, we've worked with him for a long time. We know he's desperate to win this World Cup and I don't think the relationship with the players has been affected by what's happened recently.

It is important that we stay in for as long as possible, not only for financial reasons but also because our league form has been so up and down.

I was watching Wayne Rooney before the game, he is like a dog on a lead at the minute, we can let him off on Wednesday if the manager chooses to pick him.

I want to win a lot more trophies with the club, I want to get them back into the Champions League and I want to stay here for as long as possible. This is a club I have supported since I was a young boy and I don't want to leave.

Paul has had a difficult time but he came through it. He's had a goal drought, but got us back in the game at a very important time and I'm sure more goals will follow.

Statistics don't lie. I'm not going to disguise the fact that we need a poacher. The problem we have got is obvious.

I was trying desperately to set him up near the end because that would have been the icing on the cake. But goals will come for him, because he's brilliant.

I'm signed here for this season and another two so there is no situation. There's a lot of speculation but that's not down to me.

I'm shocked, looking at the players that have won this award in the past and some of the unbelievable players involved last year,

We had a lot of young players. I don't really think we were 100 percent confident going into it that we could go all the way. Everything was against us - the climate, it was a long journey, maybe the age of the squad and the experience in the squad wasn't ready.

We've got the best blend of youth, experience and quality the club's seen in a while. We have a gang of very hungry players. Everyone wants medals. When you've got that desire in a dressing room, and when the punters in the stands and the people in the boardroom match it, then you've got a winning mixture. I look around the dressing room pre-kick-off now and you can see the will to win in people's eyes.

To go through to another final and win this special award in the same weekend is fantastic for me.

was something for the England manager to consider, not me.

This stage is set for Wayne and hopefully he can produce again on Thursday night.

We were accused of having a mini crisis recently, but we've answered that in the best possible way and when we get into a rhythm we stay in it.

We came here for three points and we're disappointed to go away with one.

This time round, there's ... a good mix of youth and experience. It could be the likes of David Beckham and Gary Neville's last World Cup, so I think everyone's going to be desperate this time round to deliver.

We need to close the points gap and show we are moving in the right direction, to be right among them. If we can win a trophy it would mean everything to me to lift it as Liverpool captain. It would make me very proud.

We've now got the bragging rights until the next derby. Chelsea are a fantastic side. We've just got to concentrate on our own game and carry on winning.

Fingers crossed! It's obviously up to the Liverpool manager but everyone knows what I want.

We're improving all the time, there's still improvement to show -- we want to win the league and we're not conceding goals which is a good base to start from.

This season will be his season. His all round game's a lot better and there's a lot more to come from him.

We slipped up badly against Northern Ireland and this group of players wants to put a run of winning games together. We want to win this group. We are a bunch of winners and want to finish first.

We scored two good goals tonight and dominated for 70 minutes but we were all over the place for 20...Unfortunately, we let them back into it.

Fernando's got ability, there's no doubt about it,

There's no doubt we are a better team than we were last season when we won the European Cup, so let's just say that we aren't about to give up our trophy easily.

I've been here since I was eight years old and there has never been a single moment when I have wanted to move on and play for someone else,

The whole country has been behind the team and I am sure it's been an inspiration to Michael Vaughan and his players. Everyone's fallen in love with cricket.

There was a special atmosphere at the games last year. They're a fantastic team and it will be close.

There's a lot of confidence in the squad, a lot of togetherness and we're ready for this World Cup. We've got a lot of hungry players. And it could be a lot of players' last World Cup as well, so it's important that this group of players -- there's so much quality there -- and we need to deliver in the summer.

At half-time I thought it was a mountain to climb but we did it,

It was disappointing to hear him get a mixed reception. Michael is a legend here, always will be, and he deserves a standing ovation for all he has done at this football club.

It was a special atmosphere and a special match, and I'm sure this season will be fairly similar.

It was a special atmosphere and and a special match and I'm sure it will be very close this time. They are a fantastic team with a special manager. They will be two great games. I don't think it was a surprise. When we didn't get country protection there was always a chance.

It's very dangerous to bet against Liverpool, especially when our backs are to the wall,

It's really good for English football when teams do well. Arsenal have definitely got the players to go all the way if they keep Thierry Henry and their match-winners fit.

That kind of performance is just not acceptable for Liverpool Football Club,

It's difficult for me to say what difference he might have made the other night, but Michael Owen scores goals. Domestically, in Europe and at international level he has proved that.

It wasn't a surprise to be honest. I knew it was going to happen.

It wasn't a surprise. There was always a chance after the first couple of teams were pulled out.

It was like a chess game. We defended well and 0-0 is a good result but the tie isn't over, it's just half-time,

I wake up every morning hoping to read that he's on his way to us,

It was a dangerous tackle. I'm not sure if it was a straight red. Maybe a yellow would have been more sensible.

I want to stay here for as long as possible.

Once a few teams came out of the pot we always thought it was going to be Chelsea.

The last six weeks have been the toughest of my life and it's the hardest decision I have ever had to make,