Robbie Fowler Quotes

• Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

  Robbie Fowler

  Special, Would Be, Routine

  Robbie Fowler (2009). “Fowler: My Autobiography”, p.33, Pan Macmillan

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• A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again.

  Robbie Fowler

  Goal, Matter, Ends

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• An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering.

  Robbie Fowler

  Careers, Stuck, Flattering

  Robbie Fowler (2009). “Fowler: My Autobiography”, p.106, Pan Macmillan

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• Anyone who doesn't learn from Ian Rush needs shooting.

  Robbie Fowler

  Needs, Shooting

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• The treble parade would have been the most perfect moment of my footballing life, but for the two people standing behind me, clearly already plotting their next move.

  Robbie Fowler

  Moving, Two, Next Move

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• Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love.

  Robbie Fowler

  Christmas, Summer, Children

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• If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love.

  Robbie Fowler

  Christmas, Kids, First Love

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• If you pray for things, I am proof that they can happen. I want to repay the manager's faith in bringing me back.
  (on re-signing for Liverpool)

  Robbie Fowler

  England, Want, Praying

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• I hate talking about football. I just do it, you know?

  Robbie Fowler

  Football, Hate, Talking

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• I get paranoid about people staring at me. Even now I don't deal with people looking at me. I can't do it sometimes. I can't go out. I don't know how to react when people stare.

  Robbie Fowler

  People, Sometimes, Paranoid

  "Don't look back in anger" by Sarah Edworthy, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2005.

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• I used to hate Ian Rush when I was young, because I was a devout Evertonian in those days, and he seemed to score every time Liverpool played against us. It's strange to think he used to support Everton too when he was a kid. He was brilliant to me at Anfield always giving me good advice.

  Robbie Fowler

  Hate, Kids, Thinking

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• To say that I haven't been motivated to play is absolute nonsense.

  Robbie Fowler

  Play, England, Nonsense

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• I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.

  Robbie Fowler

  Boys, Men, He Man

  Robbie Fowler (2009). “Fowler: My Autobiography”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

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• I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I've had a lot of injuries but I want to continue playing.

  Robbie Fowler

  Retirement, Player, Games

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• Houllier did what he had to do – I’m not the first person to be treated like a disposable commodity

  Robbie Fowler

  Firsts, Commodity, Treated

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• I don't really think kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off.

  Robbie Fowler

  Kids, Thinking, Care

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• The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already.

  Robbie Fowler

  Player, Thinking, Shadow

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• I sometimes think I've needed a bit of an arm around me in my career - which I've not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn't understand me.

  Robbie Fowler

  Thinking, Hands, Careers

  Robbie Fowler (2009). “Fowler: My Autobiography”, p.19, Pan Macmillan

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• As a young kid, I wasn't really interested at that stage - getting financial advice was far from my mind. I was focused on playing football. But I got onboard with this financial adviser and I heeded his advice, and that was my smartest money decision.

  Robbie Fowler

  Football, Kids, Decision

  "How Robbie Fowler became one of the richest footballers ever - but not by playing". Interview with Donna Ferguson, www.mirror.co.uk. May 16, 2017.

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• Honest to god, I'm so happy it's frightening! I'm just so chuffed - that's all I can say.
  (on playing for Liverpool again)

  Robbie Fowler

  England, Honest, Frightening

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• The money I try and earn is for my family. It's not for me. It's always about my family.

  Robbie Fowler

  Trying, My Family

  "How Robbie Fowler became one of the richest footballers ever - but not by playing". Interview with Donna Ferguson, www.mirror.co.uk. October 18, 2015.

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• Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.

  Robbie Fowler

  Doubt, Different, Balls

  Robbie Fowler (2009). “Fowler: My Autobiography”, p.31, Pan Macmillan

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• I do a fair bit for children's charities. The big ones I support in Liverpool are Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, and Claire House Children's Hospice. I donate money and time but the time is what they value the most. If my inclusion at any event they're doing, helps them to raise more money, then of course I'll be there.

  Robbie Fowler

  Baby, Children, House

  "How Robbie Fowler became one of the richest footballers ever - but not by playing". Interview with Donna Ferguson, www.mirror.co.uk. October 18, 2015.

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• Houllier couldn’t deal with players expressing any anger or questioning any of his decisions

  Robbie Fowler

  Player, Decision, Questioning

  Robbie Fowler (2009). “Fowler: My Autobiography”, p.265, Pan Macmillan

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• It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don't want to be the last man standing.

  Robbie Fowler

  Real, Men, Leaving

  Robbie Fowler (2009). “Fowler: My Autobiography”, p.337, Pan Macmillan

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