Quotes from Bruce Grobbelaar

I'll argue with the owners all day long when they do not allow the players to get the best.

When Jurgen Klopp came to Liverpool I was ecstatic. I knew his pedigree and what he did at Borussia Dortmund. What a job he did there.

People think that because I was at Liverpool for such a long time - in a period where the club was very successful - that it was bliss all the way.

I played behind Phil Thompson and Alan Hansen, and they were both brilliant centre-halves.

When you go out on to that field it's going to be war. Sportsmanship is playing to the best of your abilities and then, afterwards, shaking your opponent's hand.

Cash is king in Africa.

We were taught in school that there was a fundamental difference between black people and white people - that we were superior.

Looking back and knowing what I do, I believe the people who started the initial surge at Heysel were not Liverpool fans.

People ask me why I can still smile on the pitch when we're losing. I tell them that if you lose your smile and stop being happy, you should find yourself a plot in the graveyard.

The Britons bankrupted me. I came to their country with £10 in my pocket and they gave me £1 back. But in between I had one hell of a ride.

I have been called a clown in football - but if I don't go onto the field with a laugh and smile, I shouldn't be doing it.

Jurgen Klopp was very astute in seeing Keita's ability and potential to develop.

For Premier League games, you get people coming from all over, paying big money to get into the games as part of a weekend away.

I'm happy to be alive and to play any sport and, really, I wouldn't mind working for a living and playing at weekends.

I joined the Rhodesian army in 1975, having trained for six weeks outside Bulawayo.

It can be daunting playing in front of the Kop.

Over the years, I am very lucky that I didn't submerge into a form of depression, because football saved my life really.

If war teaches you anything, it is an appreciation of being alive.

Growing up in Africa teaches you to become patient.

Petr Cech is one of the finest goalkeepers I have seen and he has proved that in the Premier League.

Any team that lets in 50 goals should never be in second position in the first place.

On a given day, if you go into town to a little quiet pub or restaurant you might be sitting next to Jurgen Klopp - that's the type of person he is. You might see him out. He is one for the people.

I've seen a life many, many footballers had never seen.

In this day and age, in modern goalkeeping, if you come out and you catch the ball and you get smacked, you're going to get the foul.