Georginio Wijnaldum Quotes

Georginio Wijnaldum

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 11, 1990

Some days, you don't score, but then you have to make sure you don't concede.

Georginio Wijnaldum

As a player, I have this feeling - and I think every player thinks this - that I am responsible for how my team-mates feel. I just want to do my best and give 100 per cent, and if I do that, they will feel better and think, 'I will give 100%.'

Georginio Wijnaldum

You don't always have to win beautiful.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Liverpool will always buy good players, even if they already have good players. That's normal. I think it has to be normal for a club like Liverpool because that means you're a big club.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Before I signed for Liverpool, I was playing for Newcastle as a No. 10 - basically, I was always attacking. I didn't have to do much defensive work; I didn't play as the No. 6 or the No. 8.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Learning to play different roles has made me a more all-round midfielder.

Georginio Wijnaldum

It makes it easier for you to play more often and it makes it easier for the manager if he has players who can be used in different positions.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I think I've shown I have the defensive discipline to play deep as the No.6 and start the build ups with my passing. I can also play higher up the pitch and make a difference in the opposition area. Being able to do both has helped me to play so many games.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I have to be honest: in my career, I've really had to fight to come in the middle again. A lot of managers told me, 'You are way more comfortable as a winger than as a midfielder,' but I always kept my trust and confidence in what I knew about my qualities.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Because I was fast, technical, and could dribble well, it was always the easy thing to label me just a winger and have me stick to that.

Georginio Wijnaldum

At seven, I played centre-back. When you're so young, though, it's more to enjoy the training and to get a feel for the game. It's not heavy on tactics of a position. We were playing on a half pitch, seven against seven or eight against eight, so they say you're a centre-back, but it's not like the real definition.

Georginio Wijnaldum

At Under-11/12, I was playing as a right-back. The manager then was Cyril Helstone, and he said to me, 'No, you're not a defender. You should be in midfield.' That was the big change in my career because from that moment until I made my debut in the first-team at Feyenoord, that was the position I played.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I think Anfield is a fortress.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Sometimes you need luck to score.

Georginio Wijnaldum

When you play at home, you want the fans behind you, and you must give them something back.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I think, a lot of teams, when they come to Anfield and they play a draw, they think it is a good result.

Georginio Wijnaldum

I can play in different positions, and if I can do what I'm good at, score goals, show how good I can play football, then it's OK with me.

Georginio Wijnaldum

If a whole team doesn't perform, you cannot pick one player especially and say, 'He doesn't do this or do that.'

Georginio Wijnaldum

It is a fault of the whole team if you don't deliver.

Georginio Wijnaldum