Quotes About Teamwork

I like to have the ball first of all and to pass, these short passes to create the space at the right moment.

If you're having sequences where you're keeping 20 passes or more, then you're only growing in confidence in the game.

I want to bring something where I'm going to help us create goal-scoring opportunities. Whether that's me just being able to play short passes to take out their front players or lead from the back and communicate in making sure that we're all organized so that when we're attacking, they don't have a chance to counter-attack us.

Most of the passes that I give Messi end up in goal.

It's night by night, just figuring out watching film on different passes I can make, and the ball will find you and it comes back to you, but it opens up the floor for other guys too.

If we can't get a shot after five passes, what's Ihe use of trying to set up a shot at all?

English footballers are honest - they will run for 90-odd minutes - but that is not always what you need. Sometimes you need to rein back a bit and try and control the game with your passing.

For me, I always think somebody's open. That's the biggest gift and the biggest curse. If I see somebody have a step, I'm passing it. But sometimes, you've got to really think and make the right plays.

Anytime you've got a good running back, it will help your passing game.

Communication isn't just directing a guy on what to do: it's passing the information along to the guy that's next to you, and that's where we make the calls come to life.

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

Coutinho is a friend and also a great player. He's got incredible passing ability; he knows how to put attackers in on goal.

It's easy to draw up isolation basketball - it's not easy to draw up great motion offense with passing and cutting.

Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that.

I'd much rather have guys play with each other, have the ball moving, less dribbling, more passing, aggressive and decisive. I don't want guys looking over at me to call plays; I want them out there playing.

If I am helping my team-mates in some way, giving assistance, passing the ball, I'll already be very happy, but of course, in my position, I have to score.

I guess I get the most notoriety from my shooting. But I like passing and movement, making the game easy.

I make plays in the passing game, blocking, doing everything.

You can see that just with the passing, you can destroy the defense.

Passing and defense are two things that help build your team, brings the best out of people.

You can't really win without serving and passing, you got to hit the ball in the court.

Passing is kind of in my game all my life.

Passing is one of my main objectives in the game and when I make a lot of passes I'm happy.

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