Virgil van Dijk Quotes

I really focus on the ball, I really focus on the work, and I really focus on creating all the growth opportunities for anyone in the organisation that's willing to do it.

When you do well for a team like Everton, it's easier to go into a top team and establish yourself.

I had teammates like Chris Davis. Manny Machado was really young and such a good kid. Seeing his development, it's ridiculous. He's going to get bigger. He's going to get stronger. He's going to get even better.

If someone works with me, I try to take them to the next level.

Coach Dunleavy has done a great job of humbling me, letting me go out there and make mistakes and I've got a great feel for the game right now.

It doesn't matter who you are in this league: You're always trying to have a bigger role. Anybody who said they weren't trying to do that would be lying.

Honey, I am the chief of my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room. The KP train is fun.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1.

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

There was a moment when I was watching Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in 'Badboys' that I felt, you know, inspired. I don't know if I was proud, because so many people do the work. Everyone's part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.

It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.

Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.

A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.

I know that not everybody gets to coach an NFL team, and I want to do that as well as I can all the time. That's my motivation. I want to help my players to be as good as they can be.

There is a mutual respect that exists between coaches and players, and ultimately, it's about us trying to help them reach their highest potential.

As a player, you look where I've come from, averaging 'X' amount of points, to where I am now, an All-Star.

Success is to improve, grow up, build one team with personality, and then I want to win.

I am proud of the part I have played in the development of Bolton.

I joined RB because it is an exciting club with great potential.

It's a great feeling to have a lot of big characters in the team who are willing to help the younger players come through and help them do well.

Getting into the senior squad was an important step for me. I can learn a lot, not only on the pitch but also in everyday life.

I think I constantly refer back to some of the things that I learned in New England and throughout my career. It was a great stepping stone, and it also gave me time to mature as a player and as a quarterback.

Louis Van Gaal is a great coach. He has inspired a lot of players to give their best, shown them how to play.