Vincent Janssen Quotes

In England, every game is like a derby, because it's physical.

I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive.

I want to be known as a guy who breaks tackles; that's the whole objective of the game.

You can't tap somebody in the helmet and say, 'Go be physical.' If you're not physical, you can't play physical, and that's a big part of what we believe in.

Some of my best tackles were the most dangerous!

I love offensive physicality.

I don't want to be making tackles.

It's a physical game, and it's honestly a fight out there every play.

When a defender comes up to tackle me, I want him to feel that ground.

I killed many a quarterback. I felt like I scored when I took their head off.

In football, every play, play after play, there's that physicality. Football players only play once a week, so they must really need to rest. That does kind of tell you how physical the sport is. But in hockey, you have the boards. I just couldn't say which is more physical.

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

Football is a violent game. We are violent men.

If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me.

I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.

The NFL, as compared to the NBA, it's so physical and so emotional almost every play.

I played in England for a year and a half, and I know how English teams play - very well.

In England there are teams that play football that I like.

English football is very physical, much more so than Spanish football - I felt it in the first match.

English football is different, especially for a goalkeeper. It's more aggressive, more physical. It's far, far harder. The ball is in the air more, and you get pushed about. And the referees don't blow anything!

It's always nice to be in England. It's the kind of football I love to play. Even playing at Stamford Bridge, it's amazing.

I am always in the box, strong, good in the air, and, of course, I like getting stuck in. I play a physical game.

I don't know how many times you see 10s tackle each other.

It's no secret that I enjoyed the physical side when I was a player. I was a bumps-and-bruises man.

Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.