Faf de Klerk Quotes

I feel like I need to find ways to disrupt the other team and apply that pressure they might not be used to. I think being able to set that tone is something I'm priding myself on.

When a defender comes up to tackle me, I want him to feel that ground.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.

Whenever I guard a guard, I don't want to reach too much, but I will poke at the ball once to get him thinking.

We won't necessarily sledge so much but we do have that attitude of 'They're not going to score the runs, we're going to take the wickets.'

I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.

The most important thing to me is how hard we go after the ball and take care of it.

I'm an old-fashioned player, an old-school player who will foul you and foul you hard.

Just understand that I'm trying to get to the quarterback by any means necessary. And if I have to throw somebody out of the way to do it, it is what it is.

I think, as a midfielder, you need to have that aggression as part of your game.

I feel the need to really get after a guy defensively and showing that.

Premier League players are a lot cleverer, but they don't like being roughed up. They're not used to that.

Generally I don't say too much on the field. However, I am a fast bowler and with that comes the responsibility of saying a word or two and getting in a guy's face.

I think I'm pretty good at pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers.

Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar.

At Old Trafford, we are not afraid of anyone.

Defense all starts with the ball and the rim-protector is the last resort, the last line of defense. I take pride in that.

It could be the best defender or the worst defender. I have to have the attitude that I don't think anyone is going to deter me from getting to the basket. Maybe help defense can come over and affect it, but not the first guy.

To show respect for the opponent is to go and kill with every single action. That is the way you show it. You need to be aggressive. That is how I understand football.

In football you need to look to make life difficult for the opponent.

I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.

Guys who aren't going to be brought down on first contact, they'll get you fired up. When you see guys spinning away and getting extra yards, it fires you up.

Huth is the sort of centre-half who will let you know he is there, so to speak, with a challenge or two early in the game.

In fighting, when someone's signed up to fight me, I'm not humble. I've never been humble.