Divock Origi Quotes

The intensity of the Premier League is incredible. The levels of fitness you have to reach just to survive in it is absurd.

The Premier League has a lot of intensity, a lot of physicality.

In the game of football, you need to be strong, and at my position, you need to be able to put up a good fight. So I work on my upper body and lower body strength because your body's got to be able to last.

What we experience in the Premier League is so intense.

I try to get stronger every year, that's part of me trying to be better as a football player.

Overall strength work - if you can do it regularly - makes a massive difference on the pitch, especially when you are fatigued. If you are stronger, it helps you deal with that.

I've learned to adapt to the pace of the English game and a different style of football in the Premier League.

The fact that I am as lean as I was in 2008, I'm stronger than I was in 2008 I think I have the potential to be as fast as I was.

I used to play football for Real Madrid, and to be on stage for two hours, I can tell you it takes the same amount of strength.

When I was playing football, I was getting up to 240 pounds, and they wanted me to get to 260.

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.

I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.

I respect the Premier League.

The Premier League is the best league in the world; it's so strong. The smaller teams love to try their chances against the big ones, and this is why the game goes back and forth. That can be strenuous, tough on you and your body, but I really love it.

I think I feel fortunate to have been very well educated in terms of strength and training while I was at school at Stanford, and I think our strength coaches here on the Colts do a great job. A big part of being able to withstand hits is making sure that you've got a good base.

Every time a football player goes to ply his trade, he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play.

No event in strongman competitions lasts longer than 40 seconds, so by swimming in fast bursts, my body is conditioned for the level of speed and power it needs.

I am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League.

Since I left the Premier League the first time, I wanted to come back.

I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.

Before, I could lift 600lbs in squats and all incredible stuff in the gym, but if I walked a couple of miles I'd probably get out of breath.

I was one of the first foreign players coming in to the Premier League.

I try to be as fit as I can, eating well and sleeping well, because I know how intense it is here in the Premier League, especially when you play big games like Liverpool or Tottenham.

I play with a lot of intensity, and I'm quite strong in man-marking.

You win the physical battle first, and then you win the football. If you try to do the football first and not the physical stuff, that doesn't work.