Toby Alderweireld Quotes

My first, second, third, fourth and fifth priority is definitely defense. I want to be everywhere and help everybody.

I wasn't a defender and I didn't think of myself as one.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

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

Defense comes with defensive concepts.

I'm a defender, and my first job is to make the team secure at the back; that's my primary responsibility.

Really what we've done is establish a tradition in Carolina of playing defense.

I'm a defensive-minded player.

Defense. That' the thing I'm known for.

Concentrate on defense because the offense will come.

I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.

His enemy must not know his weaknesses, but he must know the weaknesses of his enemy; as the tortoise (hides its limbs), even so let him secure the members (of his government against treachery), let him protect his own weak points.

For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.

Both offensively and defensively, the presence that I have is pretty profound.

I pride myself on knowing the defense.

If you have a defensive concept, you're going to play defense. If you don't have a defensive concept, and you have an offensive concept, then you're going to play offense.

You have to defend properly.

I realize I have to continue to work on defense. I think a lot of people have to work on defense.

Liverpool are a team that is essentially very defensive; caution is at the heart of their game.

Defending is easy. You just have to want to defend. It's not like defending is hard. It's just, like, more of an attitude.

Defensive moments are for each and every player.

I think I'm a great defender, to be honest.

You need to be able to defend. It's massively important, and at Arsenal, we've sometimes been guilty of forgetting that.

I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense.

The cookie maker needs someone to look out for him.