My qualities are more when I move around and use my speed.

Divock Origi

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Every single player fought hard today, so its just special.

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Kenya is a land of great people, and during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, I remember meeting some Kenyan fans at the hotel where we were staying. It felt nice to see people from back home cheering and supporting me. Some even approached me; we talked, and they took pictures.

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When you are a footballer, you eat, sleep, and breathe football. If I have a bad training session, I can go home and do whatever I want, but you still feel an emptiness.

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Liverpool followed me for a long time. When I arrived in the offices there, they showed me cassettes of me in the Under-15s. Everyone knew me. I couldn't believe it.

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In the younger ages, maybe you can rely more on your talent, but when you get older, you see that when you combine it with hard work, you can get everything out of your potential, and that's what I'm striving to do - to get everything out of my potential.

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That's the most important thing for me, that when I use my qualities in this way and coming to the ball, it creates more space to be creative. I need to make these runs and be generous.

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There are a lot of things you learn from playing wide. You also understand the way that you can coordinate with the front three or front two.

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One thing for sure is that I believe in my ability, and we will see where it goes.

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I have worked under several coaches and wish to appreciate each one of them. Jurgen Klopp, though, has helped me improve. He knows how to push you into performing; he knows exactly what should happen.

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I am the younger version of my father. I try to be as normal as I can.

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I'm very interested in how the brain works and the different personality types. I get my friends to do personality tests, and I see what type they resemble.

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I started to study psychology but had to stop when I got into the first team.

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The more you play with the other players, the more you understand them and they understand you, and that's very important.

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I like to speak with more experienced people - with the staff, the manager - and get a lot of advice. But from a young age, I always remember that talent is good, but hard work beats talent.

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You can improve in every stage of your career, and even in training, after training, analysing your game, you can do a lot of stuff to make steps, and that's also a major point of becoming a top player.

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Never stop believing in yourself; play with your qualities. You always have to keep making steps. Progress is everything. The big players, every season, they become a new player: they learn, and they learn. That's the key.

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Many times after a game, I get the feeling that I have not done enough, I should have done better, of course there is room for improvement.

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I was very hungry to succeed. It wasn't easy, but the football world can build you up, and you can sometimes go down. But when you have a good base, you don't have to worry. When you know you have qualities, then you know your hard work will bring you far.

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Even for players younger than me, you never have to give up. When you believe in yourself, people can say what they want, but when you work hard and you have your head clear, then everything is possible.

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When someone shows confidence in you, you want to reward it back.

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