159 Quotes by John Barnes

I think Liverpool, when Coutinho left, they were a much better team.

Race, for me, should be social and cultural, rather than the colour of your skin. Anton Ferdinand would have more in common with John Terry than he does with some West African from Nigeria. John Terry will have more in common with Anton Ferdinand than a Slav from Eastern Europe who happens to be white.

I would have loved to have been Henry VIII; I would have been big and fat and no one would have cared.

If you want to consider yourself one of the best teams, you need to be as close to the top as possible.

I'm a real meat eater.

I moved into midfield because I ruptured my Achilles tendon and couldn't run anymore - it's not what I wanted to do, it's what I had to do!

Normally when you look at the Ballon d'Or winners, they're either attacking midfield players or centre-forwards. They are goalscorers and eye-catching players.

I'm quite unfit. It's the motivation that's the problem, I need a goal. When I was a professional footballer I trained every day because I had to.

Just passing laws saying you are not allowed to be racist won't work. You need an educational system in place.