Danny Murphy
Danny Murphy
Between 1993 and 2013, this central midfielder played his Premiere League soccer career for the Liverpool, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, and Fulham football clubs. In the early 2000s, he also served as captain of the Football League Championship team the Blackburn Rovers and played for the England national team, scoring an international goal in a 2002 match against Paraguay.
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth18 March 1977
good praise
Praise is always good as long as it's not overdone. If you praise everyone equally, what's the praise worth?
hardly ready
Every day, you have to be ready for anything. But we've been doing it so long ago, there's hardly anything we haven't seen. We're set for any problem.
dream irish
When I think of Irish, I think of hardworking people. Irish make the American dream come true.
decent hard living
You can make a very decent living at this. It's hard work, but it's OK. And you get to see a lot of different states.
club good lads
It was important for me to come to a club where there is a good spirit, the lads get on and there isn't such a cosmopolitan approach.
ballgame business costs rising
It's a whole different ballgame from years back. It's like any other business -- rising costs and a lot more paperwork.
jobs legacy people supporting sure
We try to make sure people don't get pigeonholed into jobs like supporting a legacy system,
bring favorites hold
We try to keep them circulating and bring in something different every year. And there are still the old favorites you have to hold onto.
help hurt might panacea simply
The little things don't hurt anything, and they may help retention, ... But they aren't the panacea that they might have been at one time. The big thing right now is simply salaries.