Ian Rush Quotes

• It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder, then let one in… and he's a villain.

  Ian Rush

  Soccer, Football, Hero

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• I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

  Ian Rush

  Funny, Soccer, Football

  'It Was Like Living in a Foreign Country' by Lee Honeyball, www.theguardian.com. February 06, 2005.

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• You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.

  Ian Rush

  Dream, Bigs, Happens

  "Liverpool’s Ian Rush: India Needs a Soccer Hero". Interview with Will Davies, blogs.wsj.com. August 29, 2011.

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• Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.

  Ian Rush

  Funny, Country, Moving

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• And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us.

  Ian Rush

  Fear, Weapons

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• I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

  Ian Rush

  Different, Culture, Different Cultures

  "Ian Rush". Interview with Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2011.

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• I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.

  Ian Rush

  Years, Shy, Firsts

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• The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more

  Ian Rush

  Player, Squad, Young

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• People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.

  Ian Rush

  Football, Play, Long

  Interview with Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2011.

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• Playing in Italy was like being in a foreign country.

  Ian Rush

  Country, Funny Soccer, Foreign Countries

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• When Jason Koumas is on form, he's the type of player who calls all the strings

  Ian Rush

  Player, Jason, Form

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• Even all the top players going to Europe to play helps soccer in America, as do all the MLS players like Beckham and all that, they're trying to promote it. At the end of the day it's about getting the younger generation interested at an early age so most of them will move on and play.

  Ian Rush

  Soccer, Moving, Player

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• I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and theres the Welsh connection.

  Ian Rush

  Connections, Singers, Welsh

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