Luckily I was financially okay, so I had a choice, I didn't have to stay in the game. A lot of players have to play as long as they can. I didn't. — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
I've played football every day since I was five, and I'm just knackered. — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
I know how big Liverpool are - and it means everything to me - but I know what is important; I know it's what… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
I never really got taught to be a striker in the first place and then I never got taught how to be a lone… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
I could have sat on the bench for a third year but I moved to West Brom from Liverpool to play. I love Liverpool… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
The amount of pressure the guys are under from the English media is fierce. — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
Luckily I was financially okay, so I had a choice, I didn't have to stay in the game. A lot of players have to… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
The main reason I quit was my lower back. I've had problems for a few years. It was affecting my movement and power. I… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
But when I joined up with England I felt lucky to be there, and it was the same at Liverpool. And when I look… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
That feeling you had in the lower leagues, the hunger you need to win and even earn wages, has never left me. — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
Football-wise, I help with my 12-year-old and his team, and I play football on a Friday with my mates and that's about it. I… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
I went to West Brom, and I couldn't do what I wanted to do, and Tony Pulis was a very physically-demanding manager, and I… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
Even though I'm 32 I feel like a kid again. I've got so much enthusiasm for the game. The fact that I'm playing under… — Rickie Lambert Copy Share Image
