Georginio Wijnaldum Quotes

In basketball, there are no trap games. If you walk out on that court and lose a game, it's because the other team beat you. You played poorly. But there's no trap game.

I always say that mentality is a crucial aspect in a football environment.

A small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players.

Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.

Bottom line is, if you turn the ball over to a team that isn't as good, you then have brought them up to your level.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

To be a great game, one of the teams has to score first.

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

Every single player matters. Every single player can change the course of the game.

For me, fielding and running between the wickets are two things that are very important. For that, you need to motivate the guys about how much of an effect it will have on the game.

Ultimately, we've got to make sure our players understand that the margin for error is very small against these top teams in the world, and we've been punished several times for that.

We players are very well aware that being a favourite won't win you a game, that your jersey won't win you a game.

I played international football for England, and in many games, we were technically inferior to the opposition.

I think all you can do is prepare properly for every game but you also have to be realistic. Be realistic about what you are as a team.

Every matchup is very important regardless of who the bigs are, who the guards are.

It's like I was taught and I'm always saying it. Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

It's not easy for a player who considers him or herself to be a proper batter to then adjust down the order. Put anyone there and the scores won't necessarily come. You can lose a bit of love for it, too.

I think if we just stay focused on what we focus on, which is ourselves, playing good ballgames, trying to win every day, don't take wins with us, don't take losses with us, if we just stay with that approach the results are going to be what they're going to be.

The teams that you come across, they are not physically super-human, they are just very good. So it is asking what do we about that. How do we take on the challenge?

As a playing group you don't go into the game thinking about whether you're the underdog or not.

If you don't have the best player in the world in the team, it would be strange if you didn't notice the difference.

In tournament cricket, with a new opponent each game, I think you actually need to play to your own strengths more.

Each game, each series, there's so many different things that are going on and you have to find different ways to impact winning.

Many things are necessary if you want to win games.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.