Jamie Carragher Quotes

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Jamie Carragher

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 28, 1978

I always thought just because I love football, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm desperate to manage.

Jamie Carragher

If you'd asked me at the start of my career I would have said I was going to be a manager. I may still be in future, but there seemed to be an expectation it was a natural progression for me.

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In the modern era, with the rewards the top players have during their career and the risks involved moving into management, more will look at it and say they don't need it.

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The two managers I worked under longest are Gerard Houllier and Rafa Benitez. I have so much respect for the two of them.

Jamie Carragher

Arsene Wenger is a legend in the English game.

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Nobody in football wants to receive sympathy.

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We are constantly told to enjoy Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo before they retire but what about Arjen Robben?

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Managers can make themselves look strong by selling or dropping players, but if the move doesn't work, the choice looks flawed.

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In the past, you would have been classed as a sweeper if you were put in the middle of a three-man defence.

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There is pressure, and I would never complain about that, but as players we put pressure on ourselves all the time. That's one thing I won't miss when I finally stop playing.

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I want to be a manager, it wouldn't scare me, but I also think you could be sacked in six months and you'd have to take the kids back to school with your tail between your legs.

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I like Tony Blair.

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I always think when you're in the Champions League, as a player, as a fan now, you're in that to come up against the biggest teams and the biggest names - that's what you want.

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It's been a privilege for me, really, to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world, an iconic club, an institution.

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Learning to be a Liverpool player comes with experience.

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I'm no different to other working class players.

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As one of the lucky ones who could provide for my family, I also wanted to help those from my area.

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If you want trophies, they don't get given to you, you have to earn them, you have to play well in big games.

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I think with my generation, your first game of senior football was often a Sunday League game of football. Sometimes you're playing on pitches that aren't great, you've no referee, you've no goal nets.

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Well, when I wasn't playing with a football I used to play with 'Star Wars' figures as a kid. Hanging out with Chewbacca and Luke Skywalker is how I passed the time when I wasn't kicking a ball around.

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