Virgil van Dijk Quotes

I played football in eighth grade, and even though I had a passion for it, it turned out I'm no good at playing it.

I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.

I grew up playing football and baseball.

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

I like to score goals, as, back in the day, I was used to scoring goals.

I believe I could be a good centre-half.

I fell like I'm a well-rounded football player.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

I was a child who was interested in sports, and represented my school in football, cricket, badminton and table tennis.

I started playing soccer when I was 4 because my sister was doing it. It was my first organized sport, and my parents thought this was a great way to get coordinated and be part of a team. I had an array of options but eventually figured out soccer was best for me.

When I was growing up, I played a lot of different sports. There was a time when I was playing field hockey, tennis, and soccer at the same time. I was actually quite good at all of those sports.

Growing up, I played football and was always one of the best on the team.

I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

As a kid from Detroit, I played whatever sport was in season: football, basketball, wrestling, whatever it was. I was an active kid.

I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends.

I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.

I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.

Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

I'm more akin to football than I think anything else because that's what I played in high school.

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.