Quotes from Dejan Lovren

I never expected that I would be somebody. I just started playing and when I was 12, 13, thought: 'Wow, I'm playing good.' Then Dinamo Zagreb were speaking about signing me, I thought: 'Hmm, maybe I can achieve something.'

When you go 18 games unbeaten people will say 'wow he's really good' but when you make mistakes they will point the finger at the back four.

If my little girl wants a toy or something, sometimes I say, 'I don't have the money'. It's quite difficult to understand why I'm saying that, but she needs to understand that nothing comes easy.

Maybe if I had signed for Chelsea I'd just have been sitting on the bench and what is the point in that?

I made the wrong decision many times. Sometimes I can accept it, sometimes not because football is like that. But in the end it depends on yourself and whether you are ready to move on or not.

One of the biggest challenge for me is when you have Mo Salah and Sadio Mane at the training ground. Then you know where you are.

I always try to be better than yesterday.

When I was playing good, nobody was saying I was playing good. When I was playing bad, I would be the first one on the front of the journal.

If you want to be at the top, you need to have the winning mentality and the calmness.

There is too much said about me but this is what gets me more motivated to work harder and prove everyone wrong.

For Croatians it means everything to play for the national team. Because of the past. A lot of people died in the war. It's like a duty for us to give everything.

I am giving my best to have a quiet life but sometimes it doesn't depend on myself because people just want to come into my home and steal some things, even though I have nothing in my home.

I agree with Klopp, the Nations League is a ridiculous competition. There is no sense in playing these games. It's not a real competition that you have to win. You can call these games whatever you want, but the fact is they are friendly games!

I had better offers financially but from the first day I said I want to come to Liverpool.

Some moments I feel sad, some moments I'm happy. Overall, I'm proud.

We know how in football everything changes quickly. It doesn't take too long to lose one game.

But Liverpool is a big club, and expectations are high, so it is normal that you are going to be criticised.

This is Liverpool, we will always come back when it's tough.