There's a lot of times I'll just play too passive and since I'm not going to play defense as well as most guys can, I can't get away with passive play.
That's how you get better on defense; not just 'oh, man, my guy beat me,' but you have to think about, 'okay, my man beat me, so I either have to pick up the next man, or I'm going to give somebody a foul.
I would always treat my attacking game as the more natural part. With defence, you have to get yourself in positions to understand the game and understand situations and that might not be as natural a thing.
My game plan - doesn't matter who I play - is to play on my terms, to control as much as I can, to try to get control of the centre of the court, to try to dictate and make them move, to be their director rather than letting them impose their game on me.
I always tried to defend high up the pitch, to be in the opposition's half and play the game there.
I'm a free safety. The one responsibility I have is making the play, really. So I take those chances.
I'd much rather have guys play with each other, have the ball moving, less dribbling, more passing, aggressive and decisive. I don't want guys looking over at me to call plays; I want them out there playing.
Peyton Manning, you look at his physical abilities, there are a lot of things that are middle of the road. But his mastery of the data allows him to be ahead. I love watching him because he throws the ball so proactively.
I've likened Mignolet to worse than Dracula because at least Dracula comes out of his coffin now and then. He seems to stay on his line and that's it.
When I played, I always wanted to attack. This is my philosophy.
Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best.
The way I play, I'm always moving. I like to move the ball.
Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on his own.
I'm just trying to make sure if I get the ball in my hands I do something with it.
I didn't want to just rally at the baseline, even though that happened a lot.
When we lose the ball, I don't want to win it back directly. I act smarter now, have better anticipation, and also start earlier when somebody tries to lob the ball over me.
Different players play you different ways. Some players might be slow-footed so they got to backup. Some players might push you up. You've got to have a go-to that's a mix for both of them.
I cannot have a concept of football where everything is based on the opposition. We have to dictate the game, we have to be the ones taking the initiative, and we have to entertain the people coming to watch us.
There weren't many plays for me. A lot of my stats came off broken plays, or when I didn't allow the options to play out and just took the shot.
I always played attacking football.
I like to play attacking shots, even if it is in the first over of the game. If I get out playing attacking shots, then so be it.
I will never play to just score one goal, then run behind the ball.
Jurgen has a very proactive way to play, he set marks in Germany with his kind of football and that really influenced my style.
My coaches taught me a lot is about taking the first touch positive, and I think that's what I've tried to base my game off of. A big part of it is being aggressive.
The best risk to take is to look to score goals and to play a lot.
