Top 48 Quotes & Sayings by Toby Alderweireld

You need to have dreams and goals in your life, but it's not easy.

If you have two weeks of no feeling in your leg, you start to wonder, 'Will it ever return?'

I'm grateful to play at Wembley - it is a very historical place - but it is not the same feeling as White Hart Lane.

I defend my position. I am not Messi. I am not Ronaldo. I have something else. I am not the quickest, like Walcott. I have to be clever and read situations. If I didn't have that, I wouldn't be able to play Premier League. Everybody has a strength - this is mine.

I just try to help Tottenham as best I can with my qualities.

I've played with Jan Vertonghen for Ajax and the national team.

Ajax is in every way a fantastic club.

If you're injured, it's always mentally hard.

I do not want to be 36 years old and can hardly walk.

It's nice when you join another club that you know a couple of players.

I'm a good marker, and I have a nice, long pass.

Since I was 15, I have not spent a Christmas or a New Year with my family.

When a club like Milan is interested, there are not many players who would say 'no.'

I just try to help Tottenham as I can with the abilities I have.

Everyone was saying everywhere that I absolutely wanted to leave Tottenham. That's not true.

Keeping mental freshness is sometimes difficult... but it is easier when you win.

Always be focused and never let it go - that's something I've learned so much. I learned that from Simeone.

I am happy that I can go to Tottenham but want to thank Southampton and coach Ronald Koeman.

Nobody's more important than the team.

At Ajax, they are strict when it comes to using the ball as a defender.

I won the title three times with Ajax; I played in the Champions League final and won the league title with Atletico. I have also played in the World Cup.

Sometimes it's all about confidence.

I'm enjoying the Premier League; I'm enjoying playing for Southampton - I love the club, and I love the supporters.

I enjoyed English football from day one when I was with Southampton.

I rarely see my family; my older brother, Peter, has twins - I was not there on the day of their birth or for any of their birthdays.

It's always been a dream to play at a club like Spurs.

Pochettino likes to play from the back, with the buildup, have the ball.

Who am I, of course, to judge them, but the Premier League must urgently think about a rest period in a European Championship or World Cup year.

If you have a good squad, and the hunger is there to win something, you can do it.

It's difficult when you play the best teams in the world. You have to be strong as a team and defend and get clean sheets.

I have one thing in mind: make the most out of football.

That is good to have a manager who is very clear.

At Ajax, I got an education in how to be confident on the ball, my technique, and then, at Atletico, I learned how to defend. It was about the details, the ruthlessness; be clinical in front of your own goal, win every duel, be clever. I learned so much and, defensively, I grew there so much.

How happy am I on a scale of one to 10? When you have a daughter, it's 10 out of 10. It doesn't matter what happens. The joy that I get from that, I try to give it to my football.

We have to work hard and not dream too much, because if we dream too much, we can fall down very quickly.

We are never satisfied. We always try to improve.

I signed for Tottenham for a reason, and I love to play here.

I have been very lucky to get the managers in the world.

At Wembley, it's difficult for the fans to come there and make it your home. Sometimes the stadium wasn't full because the maximum on the capacity.

Simeone, De Boer, Van Basten - fantastic names to have worked with.

I am very fortunate to have had the education at Ajax.

At Ajax, they don't worry about your age. If you're good enough, you play.

I feel I am a total defender.

I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.

I really want to go to a club that really wants me. Southampton gave me that opportunity, and it paid off, I think.

Do I hope Batshuayi comes to Tottenham? Yes, of course. He has a lot of qualities.

A Champions League final is so rare to play.

I do not want to play in an English club in mid-table.