Robbie Fowler Quotes

#1. After spending so much money Liverpool were a lot further behind the leaders when Houllier left than before he arrived

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#2. The treble parade would have been the most perfect moment of my footballing life, but for the two people standing behind me, clearly already plotting their next move.

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#3. Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

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#4. Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.

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#5. We had been getting some bad results, now it is up to us to make up the ground and catch Manchester United.

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#6. The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already ...

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#7. I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I've had a lot of injuries but I want to continue playing.

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#8. It's inevitable now, because everyone is a superstar, even if they're just an average player, and maybe that was part of the process set in motion when I signed that contract in 1994.

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#9. Houllier couldn't deal with players expressing any anger or questioning any of his decisions

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#10. It strikes me that these days, clubs don't even want players who can truly play any more; they just want athletes, quick guys who don't have a football brain, can just run and run; some of them, Jesus. I can never imagine acting like that.

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#11. I used to hate Ian Rush when I was young, because I was a devout Evertonian in those days, and he seemed to score every time Liverpool played against us. It's strange to think he used to support Everton too when he was a kid. He was brilliant to me at Anfield always giving me good advice.

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#12. If you pray for things, I am proof that they can happen. I want to repay the manager's faith in bringing me back.
(on re-signing for Liverpool)

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#13. Honest to god, I'm so happy it's frightening! I'm just so chuffed - that's all I can say.
(on playing for Liverpool again)

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#14. The money I try and earn is for my family. It's not for me. It's always about my family.

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#15. I don't really think kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off.

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#16. To say that I haven't been motivated to play is absolute nonsense.

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#17. If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love.

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#18. Stuart is good for Manchester City. It is not hard to see his passion for the game, and his commitment.
(on Stuart Pearce)

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#19. As a young kid, I wasn't really interested at that stage - getting financial advice was far from my mind. I was focused on playing football. But I got onboard with this financial adviser and I heeded his advice, and that was my smartest money decision.

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#20. I get paranoid about people staring at me. Even now I don't deal with people looking at me. I can't do it sometimes. I can't go out. I don't know how to react when people stare.

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#21. After taking temporary charge last season he took us from looking down at the fringes of another relegation scrap, to within a kick of getting into Europe.

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#22. A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again.

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#23. I sometimes think I've needed a bit of an arm around me in my career - which I've not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn't understand me.

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#24. It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don't want to be the last man standing.

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#25. I hate talking about football. I just do it, you know?

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#26. When I got there, all the pasta and science stuff hadn't quite caught on in England - things that were perfectly acceptable then wouldn't be tolerated now.

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#27. I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.

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#28. Anyone who doesn't learn from Ian Rush needs shooting.

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#29. An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering.

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