Quotes About Football

At the time I retired I was kind of known for it, as one of the guys whose career ended technically as a result of a big hit.

Arsenal-Chelsea games can go either way. They are always competitive and physical and really good games technically.

I played international football for England, and in many games, we were technically inferior to the opposition.

Goalkeeping in women's football is catching up slowly. It is continuing to modernise, improving technically and physically.

Barca play a really clever type of football, close together with everyone at a high level technically.

I'm a technician. It's like that in football and the same way in golf. I want to try to find a way that I can swing the club properly. Over the years, it's getting better and better.

The star-jump technique - that is a big part of being a handball goalkeeper, and I brought that move into football. It is a very effective way of saving a chance.

Neymar will never fail to have technique and creativity.

I'm not sure if I would be able to do set-pieces, but I'm good at penalties, either using power or technique on shooting it.

Cristiano Ronaldo is big and strong, but Messi's technique is pure class.

Everyone knows there's real emphasis on technique in La Liga, and I'm a technical player; in that sense, it's a good fit. But all leagues are a good fit for me - I can play anywhere.

His ball technique is superb, but most importantly, he can react to how the game develops. At the last possible moment in any situation, he can find the ideal solution. There are a lot of ways that Messi can finish an attack.

That's what you kind of see with Matthew Stafford. He makes some incredible plays, even with his arm in different positions. But the consistency's not there that you need at the position to be one of the top quarterbacks in the league, and I think that's where cleaning up the technique will help.

I have great technique, a good shot, and I'm pretty good in the air.

Players who play in the Premiership play everywhere - they are strong, quick, and have good technique. It is the best football.

Italian football is just how I imagined it to be - far more tactical than the Spanish game which is based on technique.

I don't practise indirect free-kicks, but the technique and how I strike the ball I practise a lot.

In 2017, Kante has been fantastic and is almost two players at times. He covers every blade of grass and he's not short of technique. He would get in any team because there's room for that type of player no matter what system you play or level you play at.

People think catching a football one-handed is a technique, but it's more a reaction. Because you really don't think about it when you're doing it. You just do it. I couldn't sit there and try to teach someone how to catch a one-handed football.

I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.

Dybala's game is easier on the eye, but Pogba is extraordinary because he has physicality and technique.

MMA embodies a lot of disciplines of sports with footwork and with football, especially with the punching technique you get the hand and eye coordination.

I want to learn more about the game as a whole and about the finer points of technique across the line of scrimmage. I want to learn more about coverages and blitzes so I can kind of see the game before it happens.

Profit and fame will not develop Indian football. Professionals, technique development, legacy specialists, and experts in football business, will develop India as football country.