Gervinho Quotes

I must continue to work hard in training. I need to think more like a goal scorer; sometimes I get so immersed in the game because I love general play so much.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

Each game helps me to continue improving, which is what I want. I want to improve in defense, on the ball, score more goals. I never want to get tired of improving.

I try to take the mental aspects of every sport that I've ever played and use it toward kicking, how to react in certain situations.

Even when I'm training alone, I always prefer doing soccer-related stuff. On my own, I'll run through cones or do some shooting exercises or pass the ball against the wall.

As a goalkeeper, you want to be the best, but you can only get better by playing games, making saves, and putting in man-of-the-match performances.

Set pieces are something I work hard at after training, and I hit quite a lot every day.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.

I am working very hard at training to improve my efficiency, to be more clinical in front of goal.

I've tried to improve - defending, attacking, pressing, trying to think before a game, to be more clever, do something before the defender can think of it, to become a better player. That makes me feel good, that hunger to improve in every way.

That's my plan in the offseason: to work hard and to try to play as many games as I can and stay healthy.

My game is characterised by consistency, and that is what has brought me to Liverpool and helped me grow and develop. I like to make simple saves. I don't make saves for the camera.

It is good to play strong teams.

I've never been blessed with height, strength and power so I've had to learn how to play differently from a young age, my game was all based on technique and when I look at players like Xavi and Iniesta they were always players I modelled myself on.

It's not necessarily about the physical aspects when people say receivers have a lot of drops or can't catch the ball. It's that they are not focusing on the right things. That their mind-set is not in the right spot.

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and practice it. You throw it 100 times a day, and you get better at it, and you see those improvements pretty rapidly.

You've got to be more focused, especially starting and playing more minutes. You know the ball's going to be in your hand a lot so you've just got to be prepared for it.

I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.

I always want to improve in all my facets of the game, whether it's the receiving or blocking aspects.

Growing up, I did quite a bit of reading on the mental side. My dad, who coached me, had us doing a lot of different types of mental work, like visualization. I read a couple of tennis books that talked about calming your nerves, belief, visualization, relaxing, breathing.

Every fight, I train for the opponent very hard and smart.

There is still so much room for me to get better. Everyone in this sport evolves so quickly. You could take six months off and come back to a totally different game. That's why I'm always in the gym working. Even if I don't have a fight lined up, I'm still in there working to improve my overall game.

I tell people, when I train, I don't do a Hansel and Gretel workout. I don't drop breadcrumbs. I saved nothing for the trip home.

As a striker, you always try to convert your chances, give everything when training.

You should be relaxed before taking the free kick. You should have confidence in your ability and happiness that you are going to score a goal.