Quotes About Ball

When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.

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

I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.

It's modern football - having the ball, controlling the game, and being well positioned when you lose possession.

It's not just about getting the ball and figuring out every time how you can keep possession, because there are plenty of players who can do that. That's just not how I view my performances. It's about, What can I do to change the game and the attacking aspect of the game?

When I see a game on the television, and you see afterwards 'possession percentage 60-40,' that doesn't say anything for me because it could be that one team is playing the ball between the back four 120 times.

Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes.

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

At Tottenham, I'm asked to take a lot of risks to keep maximum possession of the ball and build from the back.

I like to have the ball, to have possession and to play passes, to create chances for my team-mates. I think that is what makes me strong.

For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a reason.

I love to play in the middle to be in contact with the ball all the time. I'm very happy to play in that position.

Contrary to everyone's belief of 'J.D. is a launch-angle guy. He wants to get the ball in the air and this and that.' This is true, but you're not trying to force situations, trying to force things.

Any time as a corner you feel like you're in good position and the ball's still coming, you don't understand why, but you don't care at that point. You just want to catch the ball and hold up your end of the bargain if they throw it to you.

I'm an out-and-out striker. It's my job to hold the ball up, to get in the box and to score goals. And, yes, I keep count.

Part of my craft is catching the ball, so I definitely put a lot of pride into it.

I enjoyed playing any type of cricket. Didn't matter what type it was because I did not want to change my game. My game was built on one type of cricket: if there was a ball to hit, you hit it, whether it was Test matches, whatever it was.

Everyone wants to criticize my mechanics, but maybe I've got good mechanics that make the ball go up.

Ever since I was in the youth team at City, I've always loved crossing the ball.

I do like to play and pass the ball. But first and foremost I see myself as a defender: blocking, tackling, heading.

During the first couple of years of 'Dancing with the Stars,' I would go to Jack in the Box in my ball gown after the shows and get the Taco Nachos with cheese as my reward.

To be successful you have to find a good balance between offence and defence, to work without the ball, but our main tactic is to work with the ball, to be in possession.

It's called tactical periodisation because you push the physical and the psychological part together, but with organisation. So you run, but you run all the time with the ball. Always with the ball.

Tactically, Italians are very strong. They are a lot into tactics: how to defend, when you lose the ball, where will you be?