Graeme Souness Quotes

I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don't ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.

I remember so many times, playing for City in which Man United would give us a whooping, and the fans always stood beside us.

The Manchester derby, for our supporters, is the most important game in the season. Always, a few days before the game, the people create that atmosphere that is special to them.

I support Rangers and every time an Old Firm match comes up people will talk about it and look forward to it.

In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.

I was brought up to not like Man United.

My father has played at Celtic before. He has told me it is really intense, and it is good to grow as a footballer by playing for this club.

The only thing that Celtic doesn't have is the propaganda, which is the Premier League. In every other aspect of football, Celtic is a huge club: fan base, stadium and history. They have a fantastic history. What it doesn't have is the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

All my mates are massive Leeds fans because I live in Wakefield, but my best friend in the entire world is the Middlesbrough chairman.

I just like to think of everyone as a happy family but in football that just doesn't exist.

The European leagues have been there a long time, the coaches have been there, the clubs have been there, there's history to the teams. There's already that football support culture.

Canada's known as a hockey country and now we've proven that we can also play football as well.

Obviously, you want English players playing in the Champions League against the very best players in Europe.

Manchester is the same as Milan. The weather is the same, and you have two big clubs fighting against each other.

I played at Anfield twice when I was with Stoke and it's a hard place to go, we all know that Liverpool is one of the best teams in the Premier League.

I've always liked the history of the game of football, and then, when you mention the Cleveland Browns to me, it brings back vast memories, and I can't just wait to try to build and establish this thing and just move this thing forward.

My brother took me to my first football match when I was five, and I quickly acquired a passion for it: once you've walked into a football ground, you know there's nothing comparable to it.

In Italy, football is too important. There is more pressure on coaches, teams, directors. Now is not a good moment for football in Italy. The stadiums are not full. There are problems with violence; it's very difficult with the ultras. People don't go to the stadium just to enjoy 90 minutes of football. People go to the stadium to fight, to win.

Scottish football has always been about Celtic and Rangers, but we've rattled some cages and that's been good. The more competition they have, the better for Scotland as a whole.

When I'm not training or playing, I'm watching football or watching something football-related on my phone, or about our next rival.

The best teams in Europe play in the Champions League, and when you face them, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

I first learned what a rivalry really was at White Hart Lane.

I say it all the time: Texas high school football. It's no joke. It's a big deal. And when you get good coaches like I had at Lake Travis, and then you play other good programs, it develops you very quickly, and it gets you going.

Glasgow Rangers. God I loved playing for them

Scottish football is full of hammer throwers.