Graeme Souness

“I came from a working class family. We lived in a prefab. We had nothing, but we had everything. I was out of the house at 12 to live with my grandmother, who was on her own, and I was expec...”

“I've never courted popularity.”

“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.”

“Benteke is a threat when he's fit, fully motivated and firing on all cylinders.”

“When I have an evening out I like to see big musicals where the whole audience is encouraged to giddy up out of the seat.”

“I can remember Bob Paisley was never happy.”

“The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.”

“There's managers out there now who would love to have won a single trophy. The fact is the vast majority of them haven't. So I'm quite cool about what I did as a player and as a manager. Cou...”

“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 r...”

“You know, there has never been a watershed moment with a coach when I've gone, 'Wow, I learned something today.'”