Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Virgil van Dijk

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch athlete Virgil van Dijk.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. Considered one of the best defenders in the world, Van Dijk is known for his strength, leadership and aerial ability. He is the only defender to win UEFA Men's Player of the Year, and has finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or and Best FIFA Men's Player.

Dutch - Athlete | Born: July 8, 1991

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Everyone that plays for Liverpool always stays in the Liverpool family.

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Fear is not something we feel at Liverpool.

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Like Koeman, Klopp knows exactly how to get the best out of me - by being critical. When the media are hyping me and being very positive, he will downplay the praise and all that - often with a wink.

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I just want to be remembered as a fantastic player who gave everything for the team and enjoyed every bit of it.

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As players, the only thing we can do is give everything on the pitch, and that's what the fans do for us as well.

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As a defender I try to keep clean sheets.

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There are always things we can still learn to perfect.

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I think as a central defender you grow as a player.

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When you're 2-0 down after 30 minutes, then you know it's going to be tough.

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I hate losing, like everyone else.

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To get the PFA Player of the Year is a fantastic honour. It's the highest honour you can get because it's voted by your fellow peers.

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I think the mindset is always to think that you are never going to play pain-free.

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It is a strength of mine to not really bother too much when people have their opinions, especially negative opinions.

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I try to read the game as well as I can.

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Quite a lot of things are more important than playing football and what we do, we are blessed.

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I love to have the pressure of having to win every game, love the pressure of keeping clean sheets every game, no matter if we're 5-0 or 6-0 up.

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I just enjoying playing for Liverpool, it doesn't really matter who is standing next to me.

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I don't fear anyone.

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We just need to keep improving. Keep doing what we are doing and get better. That's the only way forward.

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The main thing is to try to put in your head that we all start from the bottom.

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The world can be very cruel.

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Obviously there are a lot of expectations when you come to a club for a record fee but you can't change that. You just need to perform and show it on the pitch and gain respect through that.

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I'd rather play with pressure than without.

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My role is the same with or without the armband.

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You need to have dreams, you need to go for it, otherwise why would you be a footballer?

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The influence of social media is unbelievable. It's sad to see - it's a fake life that some people live.

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I won't be a pundit because you have to be saying certain things that you might not even want to, but you have to.

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I've known my best friend since I was 12 or 13.

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I am very happy with it, it is a great honour to be the captain of your country.

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I want to enjoy the games because not a lot of people have the chance to do what we do. That's how we started football as well, enjoying what we are doing and that's what I try to do as well.

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No one is going to look at the good things you do. Everybody is going to watch the bad things and that is how it is.

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Just focus on doing what you love to do and play your best game. Get your qualities out of the pitch, enjoy your game and don't think about the other things.

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We need to look at what we have ahead of us and that is more important than looking at someone else. It is the only way forward.

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In my position when things are going well it's pretty easy to say that I'm sort of the guy that fixes everything. But if things are going bad then I'm the one that gets all the blame. In the end, we all do it together.

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It was always a dream of mine to play in the Premier League.

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You have to, you need to be hard with each other. When things aren't going right you need to tell each other, otherwise it's going to be too easy.

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I'm very happy to have already been welcomed into the LFC family, I'm a part of history having won the Champions League and hopefully we keep making history.

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Marco van Basten - I never saw him properly play but I know he was pretty good.

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