Quotes from Virgil van Dijk

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.

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.

I love playing for Liverpool, I am proud to wear the shirt.

You have to tell each other the truth, you cannot be nice and happy when we want to achieve so much as a team and a club.

I know that life is much more than football. We have family and it's all about being happy and healthy.

In every team there are going to be moments of vulnerability.

When I went to FC Groningen, I had to take my bike to training - my first wage went on driving lessons. Before I signed my contract, I was 15 or 16 and working as a dishwasher in a Breda restaurant.

I don't really care, if somebody boos me or boos the team, we're trying to win the game.

I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.

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

I was never a standout player until I played for the under-19s and became the captain. Then everything went much better - I played some games for the under-23s and after that it went pretty quickly.

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.

If I watch big games like the Champions League on TV then I'm definitely watching what different centre-backs are doing in certain situations.

There are plenty of good central defenders around and I enjoy watching them.

We can't always play the perfect game.

I think Messi is the best player in the world.

The world can be very cruel.

We want to play on the highest level and the Champions League, other than the Premier League for us, is the highest level.

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

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

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.

I'm a big fan of 'Prison Break' - I've watched it eight times.

I've been progressing as a player and as a person.

Fear is not something we feel at Liverpool.