Danny Amendola Quotes

My height might be a disadvantage in some parts of my game, but it is a big advantage in rushing the passer.

Of course I have an advantage with my size on set pieces.

The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.

I am fast and very powerful on the court, so this is what matters.

Every time I step on the court, I know I can beat my opponent.

I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm not doing things right out there on the field, I feel I can be covered by anyone.

I just loved going fast. I still enjoy go-karting. I was also good at rugby, and my dad wanted me to be a sportsman, but I never thought I could do sports professionally.

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.

My mom used to be a basketball player so I was really into it. Plus of course my height made it easier for me to decide what kind of sport I wanted to play, so at the age of nine I went to my first basketball practice.

It helps me get rebounds, I can see over the defense pretty easily, and yeah, I thank God he blessed me with height.

You have to adapt and find your niche, in terms of the type of player you can become, both on and off the pitch. I always knew I'd have no chance against a 1.90m, 90kg defender in a duel, so the key is to avoid these situations altogether. You have to pick your space and time.

I've always been the tallest guy in my age group, which always made me go right down in the post.

With my size and length I can affect the game in a lot of ways.

I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up playing the violin and piano. I've always been like that.

In college I played power forward because I was one of the biggest guys on the team and my versatility allowed me to do that.

If I was 6'3'', I'd be playing basketball for sure.

I try to use my athleticism and my strength to be able to guard bigger guys, and being able to guard bigger guys is going to get me more minutes on the floor.

I think playing the 5 is an advantage for me. I'm much quicker than a lot of the other centers in our league.

I'm used to going out amongst giants and being the smallest linebacker.

I think everyone knows I'm better on the left side.

When I moved to Mississippi, I was playing in high school, and there wasn't a lot of talent around me. I figured out that I wasn't going to be able to get to the bucket a lot anymore.

I feel like I'm a matchup problem, but that's of course because of my height and the height difference at my position sometimes.

I had a chance to play against the USA teams when I was a player. I wasn't on any USA team but scrimmaging against them and playing against them was a highlight.

I guess what I've been told makes me dangerous is my height and length, so I just use that.

I think that my size is an advantage, but also my speed.