Quotes About Performance

I don't know one player who doesn't make a mistake, especially a defender and especially how we play at Liverpool.

Midfielders, on average, get somewhere between half a second and a second to think before they have to move the ball on. For strikers, however, it is significantly less: between 0.1 and 0.2 of a second before a defender is on them.

I always try to outsmart my defender.

Usually I've had two jobs: be the best defender and the best scorer.

There's no bigger stage than this, so each and every night, every opportunity I get, I'm gonna try to prove and show the world that I'm the best perimeter defender in the NBA.

I was really good, I had a coach who said to me, 'If you want to be a top player, you will need to play as a central defender. If you want to be a good player, you will be a midfielder.' I think he was wrong but, maybe as a central defender, I could be much better, I don't know!

I've always played left-back and I'm an established defender so that is the focus for me in games.

I've always felt like I've had the tools to be a good defender - long and quick, still working on my strength - I feel like I've had the tools, I just have to go out there and do it.

I think I'm a good defender, for sure.

I believe that I'm one of the best defenders in this league; I take a lot of pride in that.

I've pretty much adjusted to how teams play. Like when I draw two defenders, I want to make the best play possible.

I like consistency in defenders.

The multi-captaincy system helps me to concentrate and focus on my responsibility. In my case, I can concentrate on my goalkeeping, and others on their responsibilities allotted to them like scoring goals, defending and things like that.

I don't really focus on the guy that's defending me.

Consistency is what you want, especially from a defense on the road.

If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts.

I'm a really good shooter, three-point shooter. I'm good at defense. Dribbling, not so much.

I know that if I am playing at an all-pro level, our defense is playing well.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

If I'm playing bad, then I know we're not winning a lot of games, and we're definitely not No. 1 in pass defense.

The more carries you get, the better you see the field, see the way that the defense is playing you.

Coach K was fine with the way I played defense.

Sometimes it happens, especially if you're a shooter. They say that you can't play great defense.