Quotes About Strategy

I don't worry about the thought of the game going to penalties - it doesn't matter!

Penalties are part of the game.

It's always good to have more than one player who can take free-kicks or penalties.

Being an agitator gives me an opportunity to draw penalties against the other team. That's one part that brings emotion to my game.

I only ever had two options when taking a penalty. It was either going to the left-hand side or the right.

Sometimes, I actually feel good when I get a penalty, because I get to rest for two minutes - hopefully just two minutes.

My goal is to defend our goal, save shots and not concede goals. But one thing that could happen is to score a goal from my penalty box to the other box directly.

As a player, you never want a penalty shoot-out, because it is a lottery to some extent. You'd rather win in 90 minutes.

If I take a penalty, I prefer to take it with my right foot.

Knowing where a team will usually place a penalty can be the difference between winning or losing.

We have always found it easier, and still do, when the opponent plays football as well, when they don't just think in defensive terms, don't just sit inside their penalty box. It's just nicer when the opponent plays football.

I've always stuck my arms behind my back anyway when trying to block a shot in the penalty area.

I think when I was younger, I knew I was either going to get a penalty or score a goal. It was a gamble. But it benefited me.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

The Pentagon should use data to guide financial decision-making.

The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

I feel that a lot of people say that your best passing attack is having a good run game. I couldn't agree more with that.

When people say 'Lysistrata' has always been seen as an anti-war play, what's interesting is to not make it an anti-war play, because I actually think there are important times to go to war in this world. That's just the reality. But what's interesting is the not caring.

Pep has made me understand the game more: not just how I play but also how the team has to play, because I am just a component.

I like the Klopp mentality but at the same time, I like the Pep culture about football because always we need intensity with and without the ball.

You can learn a lot from Pep Guardiola. From pre-season to the match itself. He has a vision of the game that is impressive.

It's really amazing what Pep Guardiola has done at Man City.

Pep Guardiola had some great clashes with Klopp in German football. They know each other well.

Pep is a great manager who sees football in another way. He lives football and breathes football. The way he thinks about the game is completely different to other managers.