Every manager has his own ideas and different ways of doing things.

I understand that we're paid a lot of money and we're in the limelight. When things don't go well, there's deserved criticism.

Everyone's different with different ways of doing things.

We take the plaudits when things are going well so you have to take the criticism when it's not going well.

We're only human and when things aren't going well the confidence does go a little bit.

The only way the confidence comes back is by winning games. You grind out a few results and hopefully with each game you get more confident.

Liverpool has always had speculation about managers, players, players coming, players going and it's the same as managers. That's part of being part of a big club, you always have that type of thing.

People always want to talk about the club, whether it is positively or negatively, and if you play for Liverpool you have got to get used to that as part of the job.

You talk about results being more important than performances but, ideally, you want to put the two together.

Normally in the past whenever Everton have beaten Liverpool, the accusation was that they wanted it a little bit more.

The crowd, especially at Anfield, want us to win so much that it transmits itself down on to the pitch at times.

Don't get me wrong, the fans are great for us. But the fans, and the players, all of us together have to realise we have to be patient.

We want to play a full year, July to July, because that will mean we've been successful.

The captain at international level has to be someone who is one of the first names on the team sheet, someone who has the respect of the other players and someone who has good leadership qualities.

I'm always trying to improve.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

We sometimes undervalue the importance of goalkeepers.

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

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.

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.

Rafa Benitez - man with huge experience who knew how the club operated - could not get the results Real wanted and couldn't walk away from the fights that erupted in the dressing room and the boardroom.

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

It is embarrassing that a player would give up his career and the chance to compete for the biggest prizes in the game just for money.