Paulo Dybala Quotes

The pace of the game has changed even while I've been a player. It always seems to be getting quicker. You need to be fast, quick to get around the park, need to be able to press and defend and get in peoples' faces, and you need quality on the ball.

When someone like Lukaku gets you in the position where he's holding you off it is key to try and nick it in front of him.

I just want to show my speed and my skills as a left back and it's a position where I can go forward and come back as well and help the team both defending and attacking.

I always try to outsmart my defender.

I wasn't the most technical player. But I was fast, and if I push the ball past a player, I can get there. Everyone always made fun of me in a good way for that.

Football is a very instinctual game, and it's very fast-paced.

I think we have more athleticism, I think we have more pace and that's going to be important to deal with Ghana.

I was always fast; I was always racing guys that were older than me and beating them, so I always had speed. I was able to make good cuts at a young age, on the side of the house with my dad, going through different plays, working on cuts and stuff like that.

Small players learn to be intuitive, to anticipate, to protect the ball. A guy who weighs 90 kilos doesn't move like one who weighs 60. In the playground I always played against much bigger kids and I always wanted the ball. Without it, I feel lost.

The tag that I was too small and too slow just made me work that much harder. Besides, quickness is more important than flat-out speed. How often does a receiver run 40 yards straight down the field? Not very often. Lateral speed is what counts. How quickly can you get in and out of a cut? I can do that as well as anyone.

In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

One of my friends, Bruno Andrade, was so quick, he just used to knock the ball past whoever he was playing against, and I thought, 'Why can't I do that?' Until then, I would try to dribble and maybe try a stepover, but Andre would just knock it then - beep, beep - and he was so fast, he would get there first.

I think when you're running through a hole and you're hit in certain, different ways, you have to be able to move and change and make people miss.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

The players who tend to make the difference are often great dribblers. Some are very fast; others have a repertoire of moves and feints. These players need to have great technique in order to be good dribblers. But I'm not a good dribbler.

It's good to have different ways to break opponents down, and speed is a big part of my game.

I've had a lot of people tell me I'm faster than Tyson.

The thing in basketball is you always want to be free. I don't want to be hugged up to my guy. When we're body to body, I want to control you.

When you are a tricky wide player, you are always used to tackles and challenges.

Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.

At my height, I've got to be fast.

It is very important to be able to play with your feet, and deal with one-on-ones.

Me being a shorter guy, I am pretty quick out of the blocks and can get up to top speed maybe a little faster than some guys.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.