The most important thing I think in my opinion is when I go out on the pitches,

I want to do everything in my power to win the game.

And I feel like with the way I present myself towards, obviously, the opponent,

but obviously definitely towards my own team, is very important.

So obviously when I'm hectic and stressing and running around and looking all chaotic I think

doesn't help the team whatsoever in order to be successful and if you have everything under

control and show that as well I think it will you know benefit the team so that's definitely

something I've worked on and try to take into every game and don't make it like you are too over-confident, but you know, you have to make sure that you are the boss and do it by example in the way you do it.

And I try to definitely do it.

Do you know what it takes to be one of the very best centerbacks in the world?

That's the question we're here to explore.

This is the WOOP podcast.

I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop.

We're on a mission to unlock human performance. My guest today is

the sensational, the stoic, the relentless Virgil Van Dyke. Virgil is the captain of Premier

League's Liverpool, as well as the captain of the Dutch national team. He's widely considered

one of the best defenders in the world. We talk about his upbringing

and his career, some of his highlights, some of the transitions he's made to different clubs

on that journey. We talk about his training and his performance. We go into his whoop data. What are

some of his tips and techniques to performing at the very best? And then we get into a little bit of a rapid fire session.

That's this conversation right now with Virgil Van Dyke.

Virgil, welcome to the Woof podcast.

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