Quotes About Technique

He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate.

There are some who when they play football they carry the ball ta-ta-ta, but they are jugglers not footballers. The less you have the ball at your feet the better.

I have played incredible knocks with the lightest of bats.

The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders.

I always liked how David Beckham played - his set-plays and his dead balls.

Every player has his way of playing.

Because I'm fairly big, I like to use my body. So I'll control the ball, even when there's a player on me, and then I'll pass.

I watch a lot of badminton, and as a result, I know more or less about the forms of most of the players.

Runs are runs, even if they are coming off playing cut shots or in front, but it's not like T20 can only be played with big shots.

My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well.

An inswinger - that gets an lbw or bowled - after a few outswingers is always very pleasing.

There are plenty of strikers that have a good jab.

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

From the bowler's point of view, if I look at a batsman, I don't see his shots, I see his defence. If a player has a strong defence, he is a very good player.

The one-handed backhand helps you to be more aggressive in the points.

We love to play on clay.

It's tough to control the ball on the clay.

I usually don't play really good on clay.

I tell people to listen really closely to the song when they're working out their guitar parts.

There's nobody as sexy as Robinson Cano in the box. I had a coach, Chris Sheff, who always told me to be as sexy as you can in the box.

I have combinations, and I work on my combinations all the time.

I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials.

You need to be a good filmmaker to make a compelling two-minute film as well.