Zaza Pachulia Quotes

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

Every week we work really hard on that, in our defensive and offensive set pieces, and in our routines as well.

In my opinion, there's nothing better than practicing a play all week and then going on the field and thinking, 'This is going to be a touchdown.'

Practice don't win games.

You've just got to listen to what experienced people are telling you. You've obviously got to listen to what they want you to do in training and in matches and commit to improving every aspect of your game.

Club or national training is the same. We play as we train.

I have to learn the plays before I can worry about getting passes thrown to me.

Any time you can go out and compete is better than getting on a practice court.

You've just got to read your read keys and rep it in practice and then just do your job on the field.

In football, there's always room for improvement.

We work hard in the gym; we work on set plays, which are massive. We work really hard on them on the training ground.

When you don't play, you really feel the difference of what matches give you. The match-sharpness, the fitness. It's what you need to progress.

It's nice to get comfortable with the plays before the season starts.

You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice.

Coaches who scrimmage all the time don't know what to practice.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

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

They got all the size over there, and the teams are really good, so, I think night after night you're just going to have to be ready to lace them up and be ready to play. The teams out there are really good.

You can practice against each other, but there's something about a game situation.

I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

I think, for different types of things, more rehearsal is very important.

I'll put it this way: I couldn't just go out the practice without looking at the playbook, without looking at notes. I wouldn't be able to do much.

Day-to-day training with world-class players, there is no better feeling than that.