Toby Alderweireld Quotes

I feel like one of my strengths is passing.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

Punting the ball is really frustrating to me.

David Beckham is always seen as the thickest man on the planet, too daft to complete a jigsaw puzzle. But then you watch old footage of him playing and every time he plays a ball across the field, he's intuitively working out the trajectory of the ball.

They don't give you extra points if you make a 50-yarder that goes over the net.

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

I've always had a knack for hitting the mark perfectly. Even when I'm walking or running, I'm very good at not having to look down.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball.

I always had a concept of watching great players, great goalkeepers.

I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came up with my own way to strike them.

It's always a battle to play against Diego Costa.

Kante is a good player. For me, it is good because he speaks French. We know he is a fantastic player; he runs a lot and works for the team.

When I play, I play with my feet and with my head also.

It gives me a lot of confidence to play with my feet, and I have to be focused for 90 minutes.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

The passing game is timing and trust, expecting those guys to be in the right spot at the right time.

I like football. It's fun winning the ball from someone. It's fun shooting at goal. It's fun hitting a ball over 60 metres that arrives. It's like in golf: if you hit a ball, and it flies and flies and flies, you enjoy it.

Playing lovely football and making wonderful saves is not a challenge.

I don't often score goals that aren't with my head!

Mesut is a great player and he also works hard off the ball.

I'll play where the gaffer decides: in the middle, on the right, or on the left.

I am not a magician of football.

Being a left back is a very important role, I'm happy to play there. Every time I get the call for the national team or Bayern to play left back, I'm willing to do it.