A biography for Michael van Gerwenhasn’t been written yet.
“If I was English, oh my God! Do you know what I mean? What it would have been like over the years. That's the way. You have to accept it. You have to battle it. You have to face it. And you have to answer it. That's what you do. Winning the battles.”
“A lot of players blame other things apart from themselves, but that's not the right way. You must look at yourself.”
“I always believed in myself and you have to do that, otherwise you can't win something.”
“Dobey is a very interesting player to play against because he can produce something really good. So you always have to make sure you keep maintaining your own fire and everything because he's a good player.”
“I think if you ask all the players who they want to beat most, it is me.”
“Until I was 12 I played football. I was supposed to be a defender. But I really was a little Michelin Man walking around the field. It was horrible - especially when it was cold. I'm more a summer person.”
“It's been a long journey, a lot has changed since I started playing, it's all part of the big rollercoaster.”
“I don't care where the players come from, whether they are English, Scandinavian, German, or Chinese whatever.”
“I try to do everything in my abilities to do as well as possible.”
“I've got a busy life as a person. I've got friends I do lovely things with.”
“Winning games is the best medicine for your form.”
“I don't know why, but I'm a bit of a show-off man.”
“Sometimes losing make you stronger. You learn, and you need to keep learning because otherwise you won't get any better.”
“You have to make the sacrifice if you want to be the best in what you do.”
“I believe in my own game.”
“I'm not a good actor; I'm sick when I lose.”
“We all hate losing. If you don't mind losing you can't be a great sportsman.”
“Brexit is horrible isn't it? I don't like it.”
“People always want to beat me, I know that. I have a big target on my back, but I can handle it.”
“I'm not a weak player.”