Quotes About Execution

The key thing with any football player is, what can he do when he gets on the field.

As a player you just concentrate on your game.

When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.

When I'm playing bad, I need to just hit the green.

When it comes down to playoff basketball, it's attention to detail.

Less is always more in a playoff game.

Teams that can run the football, stop the run and take care of the football will win in the playoffs.

The players have got to make the plays.

When I scramble and do those things, I try to look downfield, look for the playmakers, put it in their hands, and let them make all the big plays happen.

There is not some secret formula, it comes down to completing passes, being efficient on first and second down and making plays when the ball is in your hands.

What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.

One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed.

It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did.

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

There are plenty of bad actors and there are plenty of bad directors. There are actors who will always be bad and there are good actors who you cry for because they're being badly directed or the material isn't good enough.

There are plenty of examples of really well-executed shows you could look at and say, 'Well, clearly this show will have an audience; why wouldn't it?' And for whatever reason, it just doesn't catch on. So you never know going in.

There are plenty of myths out there that are either really expensive to do or incredibly difficult or complicated to execute.

Anytime we can get the running game going it is a plus for me and it makes my job a lot easier.

The truth is that in the NFL, the job is to deliver the ball from the pocket. That's the job.

Obviously it happens very fast on the field during the game; if anything, it's more of a feel. You feel when the pocket is collapsing around you. You feel when someone is close to you. It is a split-second decision.

It's up to me to use my brain, be clever, find the pockets of space, and get on the ball.

Most of the time, you're just trying to be the point guard out there based on the play call and the defense that you're getting; that really dictates where the football goes.

I want to make sure the other point guard can't start his offense until 12 or 13 seconds. Then I've put my team in position to defend just one pick-and-roll and one pass.

What I look for in a director is a strong point of view, a clear vision, and an ability to multitask and make decisions on the fly.