The influence of social media is unbelievable. It's sad to see - it's a fake life that some people live.
Virgil van Dijk
You need to have dreams, you need to go for it, otherwise why would you be a footballer?
Every step of my career was hard work.
It is a strength of mine to not really bother too much when people have their opinions, especially negative opinions.
As players, the only thing we can do is give everything on the pitch, and that's what the fans do for us as well.
I've known my best friend since I was 12 or 13.
The only thing I want to do is focus and get better.
No one is going to look at the good things you do. Everybody is going to watch the bad things and that is how it is.
When I went to FC Groningen, I had to take my bike to training - my first wage went on driving lessons. Before I signed my contract, I was 15 or 16 and working as a dishwasher in a Breda restaurant.
It's always a great feeling to help Holland as well as Liverpool but we all do it together.
I love playing for Liverpool, I am proud to wear the shirt.
We can't always play the perfect game.
Quite a lot of things are more important than playing football and what we do, we are blessed.
At Liverpool, we are all part of one unit, not just the 11 on the pitch.
It was always a dream of mine to play in the Premier League.
I was never a standout player until I played for the under-19s and became the captain. Then everything went much better - I played some games for the under-23s and after that it went pretty quickly.
We want to play on the highest level and the Champions League, other than the Premier League for us, is the highest level.
I try to read the game as well as I can.
I've been progressing as a player and as a person.
At 16, I was a slow right-back and wasn't good enough to play centre-back.
You have to, you need to be hard with each other. When things aren't going right you need to tell each other, otherwise it's going to be too easy.
You need to be aware of the qualities of every striker you face, as I always am, but sometimes you need to be smart and more than 100% ready for anything.
There is always room for improvement in our game.
I don't fear anyone.
Marco van Basten - I never saw him properly play but I know he was pretty good.
I have improved since I joined Liverpool.
I know that life is much more than football. We have family and it's all about being happy and healthy.
The only thing I want to do is keep working and keep giving everything I can in every game.
I think the mindset is always to think that you are never going to play pain-free.
I think it is a very important thing in football to keep each other awake and alert.
I don't really care, if somebody boos me or boos the team, we're trying to win the game.
I'm a big fan of 'Prison Break' - I've watched it eight times.
Fear is not something we feel at Liverpool.
If you're nervous you think: 'I don't want to make mistakes or give the ball away.' But you limit your own qualities then.
I need to be coming off the pitch every game with my voice gone, and that's something I can bring. I am just someone who likes to organise, make sure everything is well organised, because that makes it a lot easier for yourself too.
In every team there are going to be moments of vulnerability.
Why make things difficult? Why have tough times when it's not necessary?
Just focus on doing what you love to do and play your best game. Get your qualities out of the pitch, enjoy your game and don't think about the other things.
I want to enjoy the games because not a lot of people have the chance to do what we do. That's how we started football as well, enjoying what we are doing and that's what I try to do as well.
I think at a club like Liverpool you always feel a bit of pressure. You should. But it doesn't bother me.
Everyone that plays for Liverpool always stays in the Liverpool family.
Obviously, I'm honoured to be mentioned as a candidate to win the Ballon d'Or, but the only way I can influence it is to just focus on playing well.
Ronaldinho - he was one of my idols.
I'm very happy to have already been welcomed into the LFC family, I'm a part of history having won the Champions League and hopefully we keep making history.
Scoring goals looks nicer and much more attractive than a last-ditch tackle for younger people.
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.
You have pundits and fans from other teams who will say loads of things and it goes past me. That's life.
Anything is possible in football.
The main thing is to try to put in your head that we all start from the bottom.
I have a very similar connection with Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool as I had earlier with Ronald Koeman at Southampton.
