Quotes About Strategy

I think my mindset and my approach is to hit the ball hard, whether it be first pitch or work the count.

If I'm playing higher up the pitch, it's important I don't get carried away and start dropping too deep and I stay in my position.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win.

There are times when you need to pitch a fit and other times when you need to apply Catholic guilt, and it's just figuring out which is the most appropriate approach and then implementing it.

The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.

If I simply stay in that moment on the pitch and read the game, I can do so much more.

I don't take the ball in the middle of the pitch and dribble past six guys.

Messi often has a crowd of opponents around him, but with Neymar on the pitch, too, at least two of those opposition players will have to be aware of him.

Attackers have to be selfish on the pitch occasionally, but it's important not to exaggerate.

In Brazil, the coach respects the player's characteristics. In Europe, they are used to playing with two lines of four players, and they don't want to know what you can do. There, if you are a forward, the coach sends you on to the pitch just to run. You have to run, and that's it.

The pitch is always going to be the same lines, same goal height. It's just a game of football.

Teams always have natural leaders on the pitch and natural leaders in footballing terms.

When you open the batting, you have to read the pitch first up and try to understand the situation. But at No. 3, you know what is happening out there. It makes things a little simple when it comes to reading the game.

When you are playing Under-17 or U-19, the captain is of the same age as the rest of us. His knowledge was also as limited as the other players, so there was greater responsibility on the bowlers to understand themselves and their bowling, read the pitch, and set fields accordingly.

Good teams, whatever the circumstances or the atmosphere or the pitch, find a way of playing.

Every time I step on the pitch, I think about winning and putting on a performance that ensures my team comes out on top.

The battle to win - on the pitch and in the boardroom - begins and ends in one's head.

It's about getting the right balance and knowing on the pitch when is the right time to take risks.

Within the changing room, everyone has always known I'm best when I pitch the ball up and get a little bit of movement.

You have to try to move your feet and get to the pitch to hit the spinners away.

Marcus Trescothick. No question. I hate bowling to him. I pitch it up, he drives me through the covers. I bowl back of a length, he runs me down to third-man. I go short, and he lifts me over the keeper or pulls me for four.

What you can never do on a slow pitch is bowl with any width. If you bowl straight it's almost impossible to get the ball away.

As a catcher, I know the pitcher is trying to get ahead in the count.