Robbie Fowler Quotations

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love.

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.

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

If they had been a bit tougher in the transfer market, they could have got me for half that. It was crazy and maybe typical of what was going on.

For me to get anywhere near him is a fantastic achievement and to surpass him by one - I'm delighted. I grew up an Everton fan but Kenny is a proper Liverpool legend and to get anywhere near him is fantastic.

If I'm honest, until I got married, I was always at me mum's, even when I had my own flat, and she carried on cooking and washing and ironing for me.

People keep on asking me, but I'm as much in the dark as everyone else - and all I can do is score goals. I've not finished that many games. But it's the manager's prerogative - he's got a decision to make, and if he doesn't think I'm fit enough it's up to him.

I was a cheeky little lad who played football every night, pissed around with his mates, and overnight, literally overnight, came fame.

Last season I counted four fingers at them for the number of European Cups Liverpool had won. Next time, I can just stick my whole hand up.

It is not for me to say whether I have done well enough, personally I believe I have not done too badly, but the manager's decision is final. If he wants me to stay, great, but I have got to give him a bit of a headache by scoring goals and playing well. Hopefully I am doing that. Until the manager says otherwise, I will just have to go about my business and hopefully do what I do best.

When I emerged Liverpool had a tradition of their players working hard and playing hard, back before the Nineties and through all the glory era.

I've made plenty of mistakes, I know I have, and during my time as a footballer things have changed so that the spotlight is now even more intense.

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.

If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I want to repay the manager's faith in bringing me back.

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.

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.

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

There was a season and a half at City when I felt as though my football world was falling apart, when I felt for the first time that I didn't want to play, that maybe my career had come to an end and I should look for something else,

All I've got to do is go and out play. I'm as much in the dark as anyone.

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.

I am as much in the dark as everyone else.

The medial ligament was snapped, the cruciate ligament ruptured and the cartilage was torn. The doctors told me it was so bad that they couldn't guarantee anything, not even that I would play again.

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

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.

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.

Houllier did what he had to do – I’m not the first person to be treated like a disposable commodity

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.

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.

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)

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Houllier couldn’t deal with players expressing any anger or questioning any of his decisions

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.

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

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

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

I do a fair bit for children's charities. The big ones I support in Liverpool are Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, and Claire House Children's Hospice. I donate money and time but the time is what they value the most. If my inclusion at any event they're doing, helps them to raise more money, then of course I'll be there.

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.

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