Georginio Wijnaldum Quotes

When I was at Kingsoft, I was under pressure and worked hard, but the results were not satisfactory.

High expectations produce high frustrations.

I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team, and it stinks.

I find it incredibly annoying going to every race to finish seventh, or even fifth.

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

If things don't go well, the manager is on his way because it's such a blow if you drop into the lower divisions.

After you win, people expect you to always play so good. When that doesn't happen, it's hard to deal with.

When you bring in a player with a big reputation for a big fee, and he's coming from a different championship, and it starts badly, then you can be worried - we had an example of that with Andriy Shevchenko.

I will say that Surface has been a big disappointment for us and for Microsoft. Both of our expectations from the product were much greater than what came to be and not only that. We invested enormous amount into research and development and spent a lot of time and energy into it.

I have developed a nasty habit of losing to the guy who wins the tournament, and that alone makes you think what you could have achieved.

On any given day a team can have a bad result.

When there's a lot of talk about a team that should or could be winning things, and it's not happening, it can become a little bit frustrating.

It doesn't really count as a great year if the team is not doing well.

I trained really badly during the first 10 years of my sporting career.

The Belgian fans expect a lot of me in the Belgium team. It is normal - they don't forget that I cost Euros 40m. I totally understand.

It's frustrating when you make the efforts but the conditions are not there to make a great tournament.

When you don't win anything, at the end of the day, you cannot say it is a good season.

I accept that I didn't play very well in Italy for the two years. It was lower than my Ajax standard. I don't know why.

I think Valentine's Day is one of those holidays like New Year's where people develop such high expectations that even if it's a decent day, it doesn't live up, and it's disappointing.

Going 3-13 is not acceptable.

I do a lot of things, and I'll get excited about them - maybe it'll be a song in a movie - and then it comes out, and you're like, 'Aww, that was cool, but it wasn't quite as big a deal as I thought it would be.'

Obviously there are a lot of expectations when you come to a club for a record fee but you can't change that. You just need to perform and show it on the pitch and gain respect through that.

Losing has to be awful. You can never get used to losing. That's one of the biggest downfalls to a lot of teams.

If Mourinho loses 4-1, he doesn't sleep well.

My family were really happy for me that I'm going to such a big club as Manchester United. They definitely were a bit nervous because of my high price, but I'm going to stay focused on proving my worth.