Quotes from Virgil van Dijk

I looked death in the eye - and it was a terrible experience.

You have pundits and fans from other teams who will say loads of things and it goes past me. That's life.

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.

Winning a trophy is important for your mentality.

I was very proud to win the PFA trophy because usually an attacker or a midfielder wins it.

The only thing I want to do is keep working and keep giving everything I can in every game.

You need to be aware of the qualities of every striker you face, as I always am, but sometimes you need to be smart and more than 100% ready for anything.

If you're nervous you think: 'I don't want to make mistakes or give the ball away.' But you limit your own qualities then.

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

To play with pressure is always a good thing. I like to play with pressure.

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.

I want to achieve great things.

It's great to get recognition from other players.

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.

I hate losing, like everyone else.

It's always a great feeling to help Holland as well as Liverpool but we all do it together.

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

Life is too short to be negative.

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

Ronaldinho - he was one of my idols.

There's always things to improve, you can't be satisfied with what you have.

There is always room for improvement in our game.

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

Why make things difficult? Why have tough times when it's not necessary?