Xabi Alonso Liverpool Quotes

I left Real Madrid for the same reason Di Maria did. We work hard but only others get the praise. ~ Xabi Alonso

It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi Alonso. ~ Rafael Benitez

We had the same kind of unemployment here as they had in the worst hit places in the North and you're meant to be on a cushy wicket in the South. If you go up to Newcastle, you can tell that the town's really had money, or Liverpool, you know, the northern towns have got grandeur, whereas Medway, being just a sort of garrison town and dockyard town, you don't have anything like Earl Grey Square or anything like that. ~ Billy Childish

Liverpool have played with no real convention ~ Ray Houghton

Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap. ~ Laz Alonso

But you don't think her fit to go to Liverpool?" asked Mary, still in the anxious tone of one who wishes earnestly for some particular decision.

"To Liverpool-yes," replied he. "A short journey like that couldn't fatigue, and might distract her thoughts. Let her go by all means,-it would be the very thing for her."

"Oh, sir!" burst out Mary, almost sobbing; "I did so hope you would say she was too ill to go."

"Whew-" said he, with a prolonged whistle, trying to understand the case; but, being, as he said, no reader of newspapers, utterly unaware of the peculiar reasons there might be for so apparently unfeeling a wish,-"Why did you not tell me sooner? It might certainly do her harm in her weak state! there is always some risk attending journeys-draughts, and what not. To her they might prove very injurious,-very. I disapprove of journeys or excitement, in all cases where the patient is in the low, fluttered state in which Mrs. Wilson is. If you take my advice, you will certainly put a stop to all thoughts of going to Liverpool." He really had completely changed his opinion, though quite unconsciously; so desirous was he to comply with the wishes of others. ~ Elizabeth Gaskell

He scanned her face quickly and recognized anger rather than fear.
"Are you insane?" His whisper was rough. "This could be a set up."
"And allow this sack of refuse to violate my home undisturbed?" She pushed at him. "No way."
"Listen." Richard refused to budge. "We are at a slight disadvantage here. I don't have a gun."
"But I have knives. The kitchen is at the end of this room, remember? ~ Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra

When I was in the leverage buy-out business we bought Weetabix and we leveraged it up to make our return. You could say that anyone who was eating Weetabix was paying for our purchase of Weetabix. It was just business. It is the same for Liverpool. ~ Tom Hicks

I used to go round to Aunt Mimi's house and John would be at the typewriter, which was fairly unusual in Liverpool. None of my mates even knew what a typewriter was. Well they knew what it was but they didn't hae one. Nobody had one. ~ Paul McCartney

My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went up to Liverpool and I met my great-aunt, who was just a force of nature. She was an elocution teacher and a huge enthusiast for theater and the classics. I took her amateur acting class, and she was really impressed with me. ~ Kim Cattrall

When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along ~ Bill Shankly

You bothered yourself and changed the season. I was left behind with your awful sounds. ~ Cat Alonso

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. ~ Steven Gerrard

Hip hop's got 30 years of history and we wanted to show that. A lot of us grew up with it. ~ Axel Alonso

I risked getting my tyres nicked by going to Robbie Fowler's home in Liverpool! ~ Kevin Keegan

My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit. ~ Fernando Alonso

I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs. ~ Samuel L. Jackson

Liverpool will always be special for me: my daughter was born here. ~ Luis Suarez

My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen's butler. ~ John Oliver

I grew up an Everton fan, my whole family are Everton fans and I grew up hating Liverpool. And that hasn't changed. ~ Wayne Rooney

Apart from anything else, salt is one thing it should be pretty much impossible for Liverpool to run out of, along with uncles who used to go to school with John Lennon. We're right next door to Cheshire, which is almost entirely salt, apart from a sparse crust of WAGs and Mercedes. And we live on an island, surrounded by seawater. ~ Gary Bainbridge

And remember, Liverpool reserves are not just any team. Liverpool reserves are the second-best team in the land, son. The only team better than the Liverpool reserve team is the Liverpool first team. ~ David Peace

For someone to ask 'Who did you play for' and to be able to answer a single name 'Liverpool' that would be brilliant ... I don't think I'd ever leave ~ Jamie Carragher

It seems the man is a pain," said Richard, turning to face her.
"Yes," she replied tiredly. "But he needs help, and our pity. He's sick, and his kind of sickness is the worst--it's from the soul. Some people never recover. ~ Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra

REGINALD BURNABY THE GREAT (variously identified as a defrocked Roman Catholic priest from Galway, an ex-convict from Liverpool, if not an escaped convict from that seaport city) ~ Joyce Carol Oates

This is part of my heritage, my identity. Normally, people don't understand, even think it sounds stupid, but it is important to me. We were stripped of so many things. ~ Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra

My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city; he had no choice. ~ Fernando Torres

Indeed, these are the great lingering questions of the Lusitania affair: Why, given all the information possessed by the Admiralty about U-20; given the Admiralty's past willingness to provide escorts to inbound ships or divert them away from trouble; given that the ship carried a vital cargo of rifle ammunition and artillery shells; given that Room 40's intelligence prompted the obsessive tracking and protection of the HMS Orion; given that U-20 had sunk three vessels in the Lusitania's path; given Cunard chairman Booth's panicked Friday morning visit to the navy's Queenstown office; given that the new and safer North Channel route was available; and given that passengers and crew alike had expected to be convoyed to Liverpool by the Royal Navy - the question remains, why was the ship left on its own, with a proven killer of men and ships dead ahead in its path? ~ Erik Larson

Liverpool are currently halfway through an unbeaten twelve-match run ~ Alan Parry

When you leave a club like Liverpool, you have to go somewhere you'll feel comfortable and progress as a player. To come to Stoke was an easy decision. ~ Charlie Adam

When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley. ~ Paul McCartney

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine years of my life. ~ Peter Shaffer

I directed a half hour comedy pilot, 'Upgrade,' and had one of the best times ever! I had such a great time directing; I would love to get to direct another project. ~ Daniella Alonso

I hate to see great writers like Ringel and Ansen and Jan Stuart (among many others) being put out to pastures because print media is suffering. ~ Alonso Duralde