Quotes About Skills

I can play a lot of positions, but obviously I haven't had a lot of practice at those different positions.

I am actually comfortable in every position in midfield. At Bayern Munich, I even played as a winger and sometimes a full-back, so I can play many different positions.

I'm going to be a guy who can defend a bunch of different positions.

It's good that I can play in two positions, as a centre-back or as a holding midfielder, as I just want to get minutes and get games.

It's different to play midfielder and striker or No. 10, but I enjoy all the positions I can play.

Offensively, I can play different positions.

I know and the manager knows my best position is centre-half but if I can learn two other positions if needed then it's great for me as a player and my development.

I think the biggest thing in this league is how many positions can you guard and do you have a strength offensively that's applicable?

I know what I bring to the table: my ability to shoot the ball, defend multiple positions, play multiple positions, two through the four.

Every position is a bit different, but for a young player it's important to be able to play different positions, to see the game in a different view, to learn of every position. Because you need different skills, and it's perfect for a young player to develop.

With Jorginho it depends what type of football you want to play. If you want to play possession where you have the ball all the time and you play a lot of passes, there are not many as good as him around. If you ask Jorginho to cover 50 metres of pitch in width and get all the balls back, it's going to be difficult.

Mourinho is a coach who likes more the ball practice, works the ball possession and makes short games.

Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities.

There's a lot of big guys who can play-make. We put labels like, 'Oh, he's a point guard, he's a center.' But sometimes your center can play-make for you and not just be the center, boxing out for rebounds and playing in the post.

Over the years, I pride myself on being more than just a spot-up shooter. I've gotta put the ball on the floor. I've got to post up and drive the ball from the perimeter and get to the basket - all the stuff I was actually doing that helped us win the championship.

I feel like I can defend three different positions: point guards, shooting guards, and small forwards who don't want to play too much in the post.

I want to be an offensive player, too. Play low post, midrange, take jump shots, and just be the best I can be.

Who says a center can't make the pass into the post? Michael Jordan, effectively, was a post player and you saw with the championship teams players able to do multiple things.

I'm actually a better passer out of the post than I am in pick-and-rolls.

I know I can and have to improve many aspects of my game. I have to play more in the low post like I did in Rio.

I think guards need to be able to have a post up in their game when mismatches happen and I think post players need to have an outside game, and that's something I've always worked on.

People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.

I am simply not interested in the pots and pans affair, and neither can I bring myself to be interested in the same. I have such great cooks in the family that I would rather manage the other affairs and leave the kitchen to those who know it best.

My mum and dad worked in the pottery industry.