Quotes About Tactics

I don't like bowling on turning wickets because on turning wickets, most balls would just beat the batsmen. On flat wickets you can plan - when to bowl sliders, when to bowl googly.

The rules of engagement when I was in Afghanistan were very flexible. When you're at war, you're at war.

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.

I go for wickets and I flight the ball.

I like to space the floor, I think I can give guys opportunity not to get double-teamed.

A lot of good pick-and-roll players keep the defenders on their back so they can see the whole floor.

Playing deep-stack, no-limit hold'em is a very complex game where the most critical and difficult decisions come after the flop.

I'm telling you, Amir Khan gives Floyd Mayweather problems.

It's impossible to know what happens in the fog of war.

What do folk always say about Arsenal? They can pass you to death.

Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.

Football just isn't that complicated.

At the end of the day, I'm a good defensive football coach.

If you're on the football field, I'm probably going to try to hurt you. It's just how I play. Nothing more, nothing less.

It's not like I played my first football match in England. For me, football is pretty much the same everywhere; the ball is round, but maybe tactically, things are different than at other clubs I've played for.

You have to be smart as a football player.

You make smart, educated decisions that are best for your football team.

Guardiola likes footballers who can pass the ball, who have eyes for the best position and the right runs.

Froch is like a train who just comes forward but Groves will move about, fake and feign and his good footwork is a big part of his game.

I want to defend well first and foremost but I like to get forward and want to help there too.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

Defending is an art, everybody has forgotten it.

I have always maintained that bowlers win you a cricket match whatever the format.

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.