Jamie Carragher Quotes

Everyone will expect me to score in every game, which probably isn't realistic, but I'll go out trying to do that.

The majority of Chelsea fans have been unbelievable, but there is maybe five per cent always thinking, 'Get the next best thing in.' I feel that.

People were always saying how modern players need to be able to play in two or three positions, and those words stuck in my head. I think that I can do just that.

I think the thing that helps you get to the next level is being able to affect the game in different ways. And that's me getting my teammates shots instead of me just coming off pin-downs.

In football in this country, we want to be able to check off every box of a soccer player. You have to be good at this and this and this. Because of our society, and the way that I grew up in soccer, I had to become well-rounded-but I also cherished the parts of me that made me special.

I'm not a top-five player yet. Maybe I'm close to it, but I still have to work on some aspects. You can only be part of that group if you are decisive in the top games.

If you play at a world-class team like Chelsea, you have to perform every day.

The White House is a serious place, with serious people, doing serious work. If you're not careful, it can grind you down.

KL Rahul has the technique for all forms of the game and for me more Test cricket than anything else. And if he performs so well in T20s and the 50-overs game, I think Test cricket is really where he's made for.

Good players always adapt well.

You need two or three players who can do that - play behind the striker, on the right wing, the left wing... striker, maybe. If we have those, it's good for the team.

The fans want a nice game, and when not everything goes so well, they have every right to boo.

At Real Madrid, everything gets taken to extremes, as much for the good things as the bad things, so you have to adapt to the way that the press and the fans live through different situations.

You want a job where the pressure is on and expectations are high.

That's what happens when you play in L.A. Everybody expects you to do well.

When you're Scottish you're brought up to play anywhere and it's fine to play for one or two games but you need to play in your right position, especially on the back of scoring nine goals for Hull City.

In China you have to be in peak form because you need to do well. You earn a lot - I had a huge salary - but then you have to prove you are worth it. Every match is a challenge and I played next to or faced some truly great players.

In the past, I played No. 10 and No. 9 sometimes when I had to help the team. I can play there and help my team-mates and my team; it's not important where I play. It's important to win the game.

I never really got that chance at Manchester City and developed into a utility player. Playing in all the positions has made me a better player because it's not easy to do that. Understanding the game has made me a more rounded player as well.

I'm lucky to have played two different positions. But of course the experience I gained as a full back - knowledge of defending, and taking up the right positions, helps me as a midfielder.

I have worked on my defense skills and played in the midfield as well. Coaches are preparing players to play at any given position.

Pressure, responsibility - I'm used to playing in big clubs.

You have some singles that play doubles, but you have doubles players that can beat singles players when they're playing doubles.

When you come to a club like Liverpool, you need to perform straight away and consistently.

If you're in big-time situations all the time - like for me, high school was big-time situations, college, big time situations - you adapt.