Georginio Wijnaldum Quotes

My generation put in a lot more hours playing football after school than kids today. These days, all the football these kids play, they play at their clubs, so the clubs need to work seriously on the basic skills.

I had to work on the fundamentals of the game because in league, the position I played, it was just bash and crash.

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

The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

I enjoy teaching football.

Playing in the Championship and starting games, I'm learning something new every day and constantly improving my game.

I think the first team I ever played for was a YMCA team, probably around when I was seven years old. And really I have vague memories of it. I think, at that age, you're just trying to make sure the ball stays in bounds.

Brazil was a very good experience. I learned a lot about how to play football, both technical and physical. There would be a hundred kids of all ages, training and doing classes together.

I had never played a team sport when I was younger.

I played with the youth national team, I played in some CONCACAF games, and it's always physical; it's always intense.

Every day, you get to train with players like Diego Costa, and Eden Hazard is another lesson for you.

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

In general I like a guy who is athletic, somebody who can teach me something. Whether it's teaching me a new way to cut on a wave or teach me a three-point conversion or teach me how to dribble a soccer ball. There's something really cool about that.

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

I played softball. I was on an all-star team. I traveled with the team. I loved it.

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 every sport.

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

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

We need new athletes all the time because we need new games every day - fudging just a little on the definition of the word 'need.' We like to have new games every day, and, if we are to have a constant and endless flow of games, we need a constant flow of athletes.

My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

My father was a really good athlete, so his pop-ups really were sky high. Eventually I learned how to judge them properly and catch them well. It was great training for when I started to play on teams, which I did all through school.

What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis - they fight.

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not good.