Defender Quote by Virgil van Dijk Download Open image “I think as a central defender you grow as a player.” — Virgil van Dijk ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Defender Grow I think Player Think
I like to play against strikers and think that, from my size alone, I'm more of a central defender. — Jerome Boateng Copy Share Image
Not many know this, but in training sessions, I like to play in the center-back position sometimes. I think I'm good at that position,… — Dimitar Berbatov Copy Share Image
I played central defender for the most part when I started playing football, either central defence or right-back. — Bruno Fernandes Copy Share Image
I feel like I really grew as a defender, off the ball, on the ball. — Tyrese Haliburton Copy Share Image
I started out as a defender. I played as a full-back, and then I moved into the centre. I played defence right the way… — Roberto Firmino Copy Share Image
I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes,… — Eden Hazard Copy Share Image
I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs. — Kyle Walker Copy Share Image
What's for sure is that the profile of the central defender is evolving. At one time it was all about the stopper and the… — Raphael Varane Copy Share Image
My position is a centre back, but I've played right back before and I started my footballing career as a midfielder. I see myself… — Victor Lindelof Copy Share Image
When you're 2-0 down after 30 minutes, then you know it's going to be tough. — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
I love to have the pressure of having to win every game, love the pressure of keeping clean sheets every game, no matter if… — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
You have to tell each other the truth, you cannot be nice and happy when we want to achieve so much as a team… — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
The main thing is to try to put in your head that we all start from the bottom. — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
All the players in the league, I think, want to play for trophies, want to get trophies. — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
I just enjoying playing for Liverpool, it doesn't really matter who is standing next to me. — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
At Liverpool, we are all part of one unit, not just the 11 on the pitch. — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
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… — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
I need to be coming off the pitch every game with my voice gone, and that's something I can bring. I am just someone… — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
I remember starting 'Game of Thrones,' everyone said 'you have to watch it,' but I thought 'it's science fiction, it's not real, it's nothing.'… — Virgil van Dijk Copy Share Image
It's like, every game you never know how a defender is going to play you. You have to be mentally focused. — Buddy Hield Copy Share Image
I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I think Gary Cahill's very good. It's always tough against him. He's a great defender and I got to know him with England as… — Andy Carroll Copy Share Image
I'm not the strongest, I'm not the fastest, I can't jump the highest, so for me, it's doing it in other ways: changing paces,… — Devin Booker Copy Share Image
Street basketball is all about shakes and fakes, crossing your defender up. The NBA is more strategic. — Baron Davis Copy Share Image
As a defender, it's really important to communicate with the players in front of you and next to you. It makes it easier for… — Matthijs de Ligt Copy Share Image
History shows that it is incredibly tough for a defender to be named Footballer of the Year because over the course of a year… — Philipp Lahm Copy Share Image
The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing. — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
With a lot of defenders, if I go up for a header, the defender will usually go up too. — Andy Carroll Copy Share Image
That's what you do as a federal public defender. You are standing up for the constitutional value of representation. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
When Kane plays, England become predictable because as a defender, you know he's going to drop in and not stretch it the other way. — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
