Quotes from Graeme Souness

It's very difficult, when you're in and out of the team as a player, to get any sort of rhythm.

What I miss about football is being in the dressing room. But do I miss three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon when matters are totally out of your hands? No, I don't. Do I miss placing my destiny in the hands of others? No, I don't. I loved it as a player. I liked it as a manager. But that's all come and gone.

I worry for Scottish football.

The Scottish people and the people of the north-east are very similar - they love their football.

I can remember Bob Paisley was never happy.

Kante senses dangers and knows where the ball is going to be. He has that in his DNA. Paul Pogba has more in his DNA to be up there, create.

When you play at home in European football, you've got to come up with a happy balance where you get on the front foot and try to win it without leaving yourself vulnerable.

If you came to my house you would not think an ex-footballer lived there. I've got nothing on the walls or the shelves from my time in the game.

My career has been the best part of 50 years. If I had to go through it all again, I'd love to, warts and all. There have been so many good things that they outweigh the bad. But I do have regrets.

As you get older, I suppose, you get a bit more cautious in everything you do. But I've always been blessed with self-belief.

For a lot of lads, they grow up going to matches with fathers or mates. Those Saturday or Sundays where you head over to the stadium probably with a scarf on - knowing every word, every clap and every pause to the supporters' chants.

God has given him an attitude that he can deal with anything football throws at him. (on Michael Owen)

When you go into the really big games you look at your team and think 'where are we weak, where are we vulnerable.'

I accept that I sometimes overstepped the mark, but I can tell you that, off the pitch, I've never been an overly aggressive person.

People always have game plans to take care of Ronaldo, but very few people succeed in keeping him quiet for 90 minutes.

Apart from actually playing football, I am at my most happiest with either my dogs, or planting in the garden.

I've played at Anfield and you can look at The Kop and there are blue pockets all over. It's another level in Glasgow.

I've never courted popularity.

Liverpool are a very hard team to beat in front of their own crowd.

You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got.

You can't look into a crystal ball but what you can say is if money is put on the table and you get half your signings right then you are going to be better next time around.

When you're a player, you only really have to look after yourself. And then you go into management, and you've got 30 players' welfare to keep an eye on.

I'm not sure about Richarlison. I like him, I liked him when he was at Watford and he started well at Everton but would his preferred position be out on the left and cutting in? I'm not sure.

If you win the Premier League it means you have managed the difficult moments of the season better than anyone else.