Rafa quotes

"talk to carra, if you can understand him you can understand anyone."

"I asked for a sofa and they brought me a lamp" (valencia)

"But we have a saying in Spain that you never sell the house to buy a window. You don't spend more money than you have "

"This is Anfield, they say you'll never walk alone... it's true!"

"how do you deal with defeats" i think he said something like "i didnt lose a lot in Valencia, i dont plan on losing too many here either" quality from a man with broken english

"My secretary, Sheila, was right in line with the shot and she says it was a goal. That's good enough for me."

"We are preparing a special weightlifting plan for Gerrard's shoulders because we want him to lift a lot of trophies for Liverpool in the next few years."

LondonJournoTwat: Is Maurenho the best manager in the world?

Rafa: He's one of the best.

LondonJournoTwat: But is he the best?

Rafa: He's one of the best

LondonJournoTwat: But he's not stopped winning.

Rafa: Until tomorrow

LondonJournoTwat: ***speechless***

"If we can't change the player's mentality, we change the player"

"When people talk to me about Gerrard and say he wants to win trophies, I say, 'me too'. I want to win trophies, I am not here to learn English, I am here for winning trophies."

"If we want no criticism then we must work harder to ensure we don't deserve it"

Journo: "Are you wearing your lucky jacket?"

Rafa: "No, it's normal. I have confidence in my team, not my jacket!"

Same interview, same journo: "Do you think the neutrals will be behind Liverpool?"

"Rafa: If we have our own fans it will be enough!"

On the CL Final - "When you get to the final you come here only to win"

Journo: :why did you pick kewell for the final"

Rafa: "A. because he is a good player "

"Just because I've added one more trophy to that list, it doesn't mean my job is done. It's only just started."

"Now my relationship with Steven is good- with my wife it is better!"

"We can win the European Super Cup,we can with the World Club Cup and that gives us more options. "

"You can talk and talk and talk, but only when you see the player training in front of you can you say it is done,"

"I was reading the papers and discovered about Sissoko, I was surprised. The most important thing is to sign the players, not to talk about signing players."

"Maybe if we a score it will be different, and we a score and was different" (after the CL final)

A classic quote I enjoyed was just after the Southampton game (i think?) and we got slated in the press. They were saying that that was our worst performance for 40 years. The next game we won, comfortably but I wouldnt say it was outstanding ... Rafa in the press conference goes ... "That was our best display in 40 years".

"I know being in the top four of the Premiership is very important, but you will never see any club honours list recording an historic fourth place in the Premiership."

Reporter: "how bout michael owen then? "

Rafa: "we have good strikers.(said with that big beaming rafa smile)"

Reporter: "ok so can you clear this up once and for all then rafa, michael owen, is he coming to Anfield ?"

Rafa: "we have good strikers.(said with that big beaming rafa smile)

"In the end, if we win, those people who criticise will change their minds and those who've always been with us will be happiest."

A good one during the pre-match interview on Saturday:
Interviewer: "Where will the liverpool goals come from?"
Rafa: "We have Crouch, Cisse, Garcia, Gerrard, Alonso.... maybe Carra will score from a corner"
Interview: "So you're tipping Carra to score"
Rafa: "Sure, why not?" with that big smile

"People can talk about having a lot of money to buy players but we've just signed a player with a passion and a heart for this club that no amount of money can buy."

"I've never seen a player so happy to be joining a club"

"he likes to talk" when asked to respond to something mourinho had said

'Don't let your heads drop. We're Liverpool. You're playing for Liverpool. Don't forget that. You have to hold your heads high for the supporters. You have to do it for them.

'You can't call yourselves Liverpool players if you have your heads down. If we create a few chances we have the possibility of getting back into this. Believe you can do it and you will. Give yourself the chance to be heroes'