Steven Gerrard quotes:

I'm playing second fiddle to Justin Bieber - Bieber Fever is sweeping our house, and my girls have made it clear I'm no longer their favourite man.

We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.

It was difficult knowing one of your cousins had lost his life.

Even now I can say I'd love to finish my career here, and then stay in the game after that.

This club is all about winning trophies and we've got a chance of bringing the greatest trophy of them all back to Anfield, so it means a great deal obviously.

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

If other people want to talk about my future I can't control that.

I didn't sleep with the European Cup but it was in my room! It was just special and I just had to have the cup with me, lifting the cup as Liverpool captain was just the best moment of my life.

The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in.

We're going to be the underdogs again in Istanbul on the 25th, but that suits us. (on the Champions league Final)

It's too easy to blame other people in football.

It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it.

But I it doesn't matter who scores the goals so long as we win.

When I die, don't bring me to the hospital. Bring me to Anfield. I was born there and will die there.

I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy.

Kenny Dalglish is a hero of mine and is the best player to ever wear a red shirt.

If you don't play well, you have a bad game or a nightmare you know that the amount of coverage is worldwide.

I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result.

I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry.

Against Juventus we were massive underdogs, so to beat them was fantastic.

In football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me.

Hopefully it'll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I'm not really a superstitious person.

I've got absolutely no intention of ever going to play at another club.

I have always applied myself the same for club and country.

I'm a fan myself and I'm frustrated just as much as them when we get beat.

The odds were against us, but we deserve to be where we are.

This does not --ing slip now.

I will be the one lifting that trophy, not Paolo Maldini. Imagine me hoisting the trophy. It is an image I have in my mind and I want to make it a reality. We have world-class players and, believe me, they are in the mood to do it. The atmosphere around the club at the moment is just top-class.

To me it's the best trophy you can win and to bring it back for all them fans that have supported us right through would be something special.

Don't try to beat the goalkeeper...Tr y to destroy the goalkeeper.

There's no doubt that the squad needs strengthening if we are to get back up among the top three because they are operating on another level to us at the moment.

If I ever saw one of my team-mates diving, I'd definitely have a word

Torres was easily the best player I have ever played with in my career. I loved him. And when he approached me and said he wanted out, it was like a knife to the heart.

107 caps isn't bad for someone who isn't 'a top, top player', is it? I never expected to get that amount of caps. When I made my debut, I set myself the personal target of trying to get 50 caps and score 10 goals if I could. So to have 107 is something I am really proud of, particularly being among those names.

When I leave the car park at Melwood, I try and become a completely different person. I try to get away from it. You have got to. Otherwise you end up like Jamie Carragher - obsessed!

I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

I'm born in Liverpool, I'm a Liverpool supporter.

I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.

I have no regrets.

A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn't having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we'd have to move!

As club captain all I want to do is help us get back up the table and into the Champions League.

But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it.

Don't visualize beating the keeper, visualize destroying the keeper.

Earlier on in the season I'd have been very surprised to think we could win this competition because there were some fantastic teams in it. (on the Champions League)

Everyone is going to be talking about Chelsea and Liverpool but the others are very tough teams.

Football is all about winning things as a team but it's also important to pick up individual awards along the way.

Grilled salmon and brown pasta works for me every time.

How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this?

How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this? I am really happy with the club. I will be having talks with the chairman and the manager shortly, but it is looking good. Liverpool fans are crazy, they were unbelievable, and I'd like to dedicate this victory to them.

I am gonna go into my coaching badges after my England days are finished and I have the time on my international break.

I can play anywhere on the park. Im a bit like that in bed, too

I just wanted to jump into the stands and start celebrating with those wonderful fans. (on reaching the Champions League final)

I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.

I might be an ambassador.

I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it.

I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of luck also wouldn't go amiss.

I tried to nutmeg him. It never came off and he gave me a slap on the back of the head and told me to start behaving

If we play in the right way and do what the manager asks us then we will win games,

I'll admit, it gives me a real buzz when I hear my name being chanted and that feeling is the same now as it was when I first broke into the team.

It was nice to get three goals, but I dont feel I have anything to prove,

It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it. (on the Champions League trophy)

It will be the proudest moment of my life leading Liverpool out. I've dreamed of this day since I was a kid, kicking a ball against the wall in the street where I lived. What could be better than leading Liverpool out for the Champions League final? Only lifting the trophy. We need everyone, all 11 players who start and the subs, to be ready to give everything. We need that mentality, when everyone has to put everything on the line for Liverpool. That is what it will take to win. We have to make sure we don't have any regrets at the final whistle.

It's probably been the worst three months of my life.

I've seen the slip a few times. I don't have to watch something like that to go through the pain again and again and again.

Liverpool is a massive club and has obviously been very successful over the years.

Loyalty doesn't seem to be in the game that much these days where players leave their clubs which made them the stars they are today either to seek personal glory or fill their pockets. But one man serves as the epitome of club loyalty..

My message to the fans would be that hopefully I can continue to perform as consistently as I have done this season and lift a trophy for them soon.

Obviously the fans are very important to me, in fact they mean everything to me and they are the people I try to please when I play.

Red is our color. (on Liverpool)

Taking the lead, that was the hard part. To concede after that was a massive disappointment - not good enough.

That win means so much. They got back into the game but I think we showed today that we want to go to the wire. We want to go all the way.

The fact I've played well means that on a personal level I have enjoyed the season.

The fans have played a massive part in getting us to where we are, but the job's not finished.

The foreign players seem to be reveling in the European games and they've put in some massive performances for us. (on Liverpool)

The last player you want the ball to go to is the best player on the planet.

There is going to be a lot asked of me over the next few weeks but I am getting more experience now and learning all the time.

We need to forget about mistakes and take the positives.

We need to go there and make sure we bring that cup home. and if we do succeed, then we'll dedicate it to the fans that have waited so patiently since 1984. (on the Champions League)

We were massive underdogs at the beginning of the competition and I'll put my hands up say and I didn't think we were going to go all the way. But, as you can see, we are never beaten. The manager told us to keep our chins up, to try and score early in the second half and give some respect for the fans. The first goal gave us a bit of belief. The supporters have saved up for weeks and months to come here. I am so happy to lift the cup for the fans.

We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster.