Quotes About Tactics

I know how to control the distance, I know how to counter real good.

Derek Brunson is aggressive, knows how to close the distance, but couldn't do anything against Anderson.

I can distribute, I can lock up on defense.

Politicians always do a two-step, depending on what their district politics looks like.

Often times, when you find an edge, it's not for very long. People figure it out, so you have to try and exploit it, quickly, while you can.

In one-day cricket, two-three overs can make a difference, if you concede extra runs or cannot score enough in that period.

When you're a kid you just think about where you are going to be to put yourself in a position for the next scoring chance. But as you develop, you start to do things that may not catch the eye of the normal football watcher, the dropping back, the closing down.

Facing a great server makes a match so much more difficult, even for the best players in the world.

Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.

The Bernabeu faithful doesn't want a similar style to Barca. They want a more direct style of football.

Name one experienced coach anywhere in the world that would hand over their playbook to the other team. Unless it's a fake playbook, it just doesn't happen.

Manny Pacquiao always makes a fake move that I know too well. He fakes a charge forward and then looks like he is going to follow with a one-two. That's a common fake he has.

I run my routes like a crossover dribble. It's about taking angles, faking one way but going the other, and being savvy. And then, instead of running to the basket, I'm running away from the defender.

I hate false nines.

To beat opposing teams, you have to attack, and to attack, you have to take risks.

We try to play football; don't forget it, right. My teams always in my career try to play football. I cannot control the other circumstances.

At Huddersfield we were never in a rush when we played the big teams. The more time they've got with the ball, the more chances they'll create.

I'm not sure if it's easier to play against teams who try to play football against you rather than sit back.

With me being able to guard multiple positions - and a lot of teams are switching things, like the pick-and-roll and off-ball screens - me being able to defend multiple positions would only help an organization.

I'm sorry to say it, but we have to be more arrogant and more streetwise because we are coming up against some great teams who have that streetwise mentality. They bring their play into it: you do what you have to do to win a game. Simple as that. Be streetwise and clever.

American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.

There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.

Trouble is, we call politics a game, but it isn't one. There is no referee, and the teams make up the rules as they go along. You can't cry foul or offside in politics. Almost anything goes.

When teams are dropping off, it's difficult, especially as a striker. You always have two centre-halves behind you and maybe a sitting midfielder as well. It's a bit more difficult creating chances.