Quotes About Execution

I'd like to think I can put myself in positions where I can get the odd half-chance to score, that's what I was best known for and I like to think if the chances came along I'd be able to stick them in the back of the net.

It's not science; it's common sense: it's playing the right players in the right positions for the style of football you want to implement in a specific game.

I have to be in the right positions and create the right runs as much as I can.

You win football games by first getting possession and then running 3- and 5-yard plays. Not by Hail Mary passes. Common sense, elbow grease, and keeping a positive attitude.

I want my team to play well almost all of the time and have possession of the ball.

If the guys up front don't get possession, they can't score.

You have to create possibilities for the finish in the final third of the pitch, I'm not going to take that away from anybody.

It all comes down to which way you hit the post. Do you hit it on the inside or the outside? Does it go in, or does it go out?

When you're on the field, you've got to deliver. It doesn't matter what you potentially could deliver or what you might be able to deliver in future - you've got to deliver it there and then.

My game is not to have one great action. My game is to be consistent throughout: to bring the ball in the best and quickest possible way for the best players to make the last action.

I think my job is to keep the ball down. I always say I try to go out there and get early contact, and strikeouts just seem to happen.

You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.

I've taken thousands of shots in the corner. It's all mental. That's all it comes down to, is to be ready, wait for your opportunity, and execute.

It's quite easy in football when you can bang it into the top corner.

If you look at any of the big companies, whether it is IBM or L'Oreal, they have a corporate religion and corporate self-image that makes it very difficult for them to execute in different areas.

It takes all 11 on the field doing their job correctly to make it all happen.

I appreciate when a guy goes out there and makes a great play or runs the bases correctly.

Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.

You can't find a bad count to throw a curveball.

Strikeouts are something that just happen. You don't go for strikeouts, because your pitch count gets too high. When you do get that opportunity, you have to put them away with whatever is working that day.

What people think and believe and plan are all very important, but what they do is the thing that counts most.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

I feel like, even if a guy is covered, I can put the ball where it needs to be so we can have a successful play.

Craftsmanship and logic is key to any movie-making.