1.
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
It's advantageous to be an attacker. If you fail five times then manage to net the deciding goal, you'll be celebrated. The goalie can put forth a masterful performance only to concede the clincher… and he's reviled.
2.
I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
Ian Rush
3.
Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
Ian Rush
4.
You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.
Ian Rush
5.
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
6.
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
7.
And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us.
Ian Rush
8.
I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.
Ian Rush
9.
Playing in Italy was like being in a foreign country.
Ian Rush
10.
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
11.
When Jason Koumas is on form, he's the type of player who calls all the strings
Ian Rush
12.
The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more
Ian Rush
13.
I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and theres the Welsh connection.
Ian Rush
