Quotes About Teamwork

I played a lot of times at the beginning at Ajax as a left full back with a fantastic combination with Mark Overmars but I think as a central defender and a leader in the back it was my best role I think.

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

I'm a good defender, so I like to play defense.

On a lot of teams that bottom guy, that weakside defender, is critical if something happens and you're broken down off the dribble or you're beat. That person has got to be there.

Robin is a really good defender, runs well, dribbles the ball and plays hard and does whatever a coach wants him to do.

The strikers are the first defenders. And the first defender is the first striker to build from the back.

A striker scores goals, but the goalkeepers saves them, the defenders close chances down, and all the credit is shared out.

If they want to do a 'Defenders 2,' I'm in.

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

Positional play is good for training, but in games, to win matches, you need someone who can go past defenders and take chances.

Obviously, as defenders, we can see the game in front of us, so a lot of it is just communicating with people and just backing each other.

Defending is definitely an art.

When you haven't got the ball, while we're defending, sometimes I am not always where I need to be.

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.

Defending is not only done by the defenders, just as attacking is not only down to the forwards.

Modern football is like handball. You see 11 players defending on the edge of their own area.

That's one thing I pride myself a lot more now, playing defense, I do what the team needs me to do. If we need a stop, I'll do it. That's a major, major part of my game now.

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

You can't just score more points than last year without playing defense.

Basketball has turned into an offensive-minded situation. They don't play on both ends. They don't play defense.

You're a pick-and-pop guy sometimes. You can get rolling with what the defense gives you.

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 always root for the defense.

I like to score when I can, but if I can't do that, I like to do the other things - defense, blocking, rebounding.