Quotes from Simon Mignolet

When I was younger I would play in front of crowds as small as 500 in the second division in Belgium, so I know what that's like. It might be easier in terms of pressure, but believe me, I would always prefer to be at a packed Anfield playing against Manchester United. That's why you want to become a footballer.

If you are objective enough to say: 'I could have done this, this and that's,' all the other critics and all the other voices are really not important and don't exist anymore.

When you're by yourself you have to sort out everything like the shopping and looking after the house.

You know when you play a good game and you know when you play a bad game.

I am not the sort of person who will wake up and go and buy myself a Ferrari.

I don't like sitting on the bench because I get more nervous there than when I am playing!

I can only do my best, work hard, be positive and confident and I believe in myself. That is the only thing I can do.

To be the first Belgian to play for Liverpool is a big thing.

The biggest challenge is the fight you have on your own.

Every game is mentally and physically tough but we get through it and it makes you stronger.

I always try to stay quiet and calm.

I can't say to the gaffer 'well I haven't played for three months, I'm not ready!' That doesn't work. I have to work as I would, or even harder probably in training so that if anything happens I am 100 per cent ready to come in.

You always look for certain things you can do better and what went wrong.

When you are 30 years old, you want to play football.

You score goals as a team and you concede them as a team.

There seemed to be a feeling that switching from the Belgian league to the Premier League was too big a step and therefore too big a risk. It needed a few players to prove otherwise then it paved the way for others.

We are all football players and we are here to do our best. You want to work hard in training and we will see what happens at a weekend.

I am my own biggest critic.

After every game I analyse my performance with the goalkeeping coach in a very critical manner. There is certain criticism you will take on board and other things that do not affect you. You cannot look too far into that because it can destruct you in a certain way.

I am not a character who gets carried away with good or bad performances and I won't get carried away by bigger or lesser critics. It's the same when you get praise. You can't get carried away with that.

The mental aspect of being a goalkeeper is very important so you have to go into the game with full concentration and confidence. That is a big part of your game and the Premier League is the most demanding league for any goalkeeper.

I don't agree that there are big teams and small teams in the Premier League. There are just a lot of good teams.

In the Premier League you need creative players to open games up.

If you are fighting at the top in the Premier League then you cannot do that with a dodgy goalkeeper. It is not possible.