Top 115 Quotes & Sayings by Jamie Carragher - Page 2

The buzz we had in 2000-01 was unique. We played 34 matches between January 1 and May 19, but lost only four.

This is Leicester City. They are a yo-yo club and always have been.

People talk about managers having certain styles and philosophies... well, Benitez manages by conflict. Look right through his career and you will see it everywhere.

We are not a nation who has ever produced No 10s prolifically. When I was growing up, attacks consisted of a big man-little man combination, with two midfielders sitting behind.

Playing for England is a bonus, but playing for Liverpool is what I want to do.

My wife never went to many Liverpool games but if she was out on a Saturday, she would always ask someone for the score. If we had won, she'd simply be relieved that I would be coming home in a good mood.

It is a sad day for football when a player about to enter his prime moves for financial reasons and nothing else.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

Xabi embraced life in Liverpool.

When the tone needs to be set and the crowd need to be revved up, nothing is better than a big, shuddering tackle.

I'm always trying to improve.

People make relegation out to be a fate worse than death but that's nonsense. If the infrastructure is right, clubs can bounce back.

Centre-back takes more out of you mentally than physically.

When I think of Xabi, my mind goes back to the first training session he had at Melwood in August 2004. And the same word always leaps out: wow! Rafa Benitez had talked him up before he arrived and immediately you understood.

My family regarded the end of my career as a sign they could really enjoy life a bit rather than cancelling plans on the back of a poor result - it happened many times!

Medals were - and always will be - the best thing to show your accomplishments in football.

Coaching for tackles? That's something you do with seven-year-olds, when you show them how to stand and when to make a block. It is one of the basics of the game. No Premier League manager needs to coach it.

There were players who could leave the result at Anfield, but me? No chance. I got involved in the running of two restaurants in Liverpool to take my mind off football but, before the opening night of each one, I'd played badly. It meant I couldn't enjoy the party. It felt like I had to punish myself.

Not playing for Liverpool would hurt me more than not playing for England.

For the life of me, I'll never understand why the teams that have the best defences get criticised. Shouldn't clean sheets be a badge of honour for defenders and goalkeepers?

Compared to other clubs, what we've achieved under Gerard Houllier is exceptional.

In some ways, trying to win cups is more fraught than trying to win the league, as one really bad night and everything comes crashing down.

Buffon has been a star from the moment he began his senior career with Parma.

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso was always bemused by our enthusiasm for tackling, because he saw it as the last resort.

Many in top positions around Europe have devoted their lives to coaching.

I only missed nine Premier League games from a possible 228 between August 2004 and May 2010.

There are times when I watch Jurgen Klopp leaping around after Liverpool have scored and I think to myself: 'I wish that was me.'

We talk about the Arsenal 'Invincibles' of 2004 and the team who won the Double two years earlier and drool over their attacking play. It is easy to forget, though, that virtually the same squad had won nothing for three years.

I've been in the position where Liverpool needed to win on the last day to reach the Champions League. In May 2000, we needed to beat Bradford, who were fighting to avoid relegation, at Valley Parade but lost an awful game 1-0.

Real Madrid is such an extraordinary club in terms of size and the constant politics that, perhaps, the best results are achieved by those with an ability to remove themselves from the spotlight to concentrate on their work.

The pressure from within used to have an impact on my behaviour. If games had gone badly, I would take things home with me. I'd be snappy at my kids and felt constantly wound up.

We sometimes undervalue the importance of goalkeepers.

I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.

Managers are never appreciated when they're in the job.

Liverpool is no different to any other city in the country for footballers. If you are famous and people know you have money, there will always be someone who wants to make a name for themselves.

There is so much I admire about Buffon. His longevity is remarkable, his loyalty to Juventus impeccable.

I've never blown my own trumpet over my ability but it took an awful lot to stop me getting on the pitch.

A chance to manage at the highest level? What could be better?

Del Bosque was axed by Madrid for failing to retain the Champions League in 2003 but his sacking triggered the start of a spell when they won nothing for four years and failed to get beyond the Champions League's last 16.

I was born on January 28, 1978, the same day as Buffon.

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.

Don't ever call me a bottler on the radio with thousands of people listening

Thierry Henry, he was definitely the best. He was just too quick. Oh God, what a player he was. I was so relieved when he went to Barcelona. He used to have everything. You couldn't even kick him, he was big and strong, oh, Jesus, he was a nightmare

I think Pep Guardiola is a top manager. There's no doubt about that. Not only did he manage Messi and Iniesta, but he made them better and took them to levels they'd never been before. The best team I've ever seen is Pep Guardiola's Barcelona. I'm sure his management got something to do with that.

For someone to ask 'Who did you play for' and to be able to answer a single name 'Liverpool' that would be brilliant...I don't think I'd ever leave

I've been to Cardiff a few times but I'd love to get to Wembley. My son is six or seven years old and I'd love to take him to Wembley to watch Liverpool.

This is the best club in the world with the best fans, so I'm very proud to be a Liverpool player for the next four years and hopefully even longer.

The best player I ever played against is Thierry Henry. He was something else; i've played against Rooney and Ronaldo and players like that but i think he was the best player ever to play in the Premier League

I think it would be great for football in Britain if Pep Guardiola wins leagues and dominates for a while with the way he likes to play and the players he'll bring in.

I look at what is happening with Ryan Giggs at Manchester United now and I am dismayed that Liverpool are letting that experience leave.

When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.

It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.

I always wanted to be a one-club man, I always wanted to play for Liverpool. If I had gone out of the team in my twenties or early thirties I would've left because I love playing football.

Well Xabi is entitled to his opinion our team would never criticise another but we will look to exploit his lack of pace!

No-one wants to grow up and be a Gary Neville.