Ronaldinho Quotes

In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally.

I don't work with a lot of preparation. I think very well on my feet, and I'm very good when the pressure is on.

On crosses, sometimes I make my move one or two seconds before the ball is coming because I'm trying to guess that the ball is coming there. It's intuition. So I run. Sometimes the ball comes...sometimes not. But that intuition is working.

In a sprint you make 100 decisions a second. What if X goes now and Y goes then? Should I take this gap or that one? You have to be sharp. Over time it becomes instinct.

You have half a second to make your mind up to know if you're going to shoot, pass, drive. Don't hold the ball too long, and make your decision quick.

I try to look up as quickly as possible, try to read the situation, but football is so quick, it's just a split-second, and then you decide.

Especially as a goalkeeper, when you are closed down, you have to make a decision in a split second, and sometimes it is better to make the wrong one rather than wait and see what's happening.

Obviously it happens very fast on the field during the game; if anything, it's more of a feel. You feel when the pocket is collapsing around you. You feel when someone is close to you. It is a split-second decision.

I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience.

I sometimes like the situation that forces you to rely on your instinct and impulses.

I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive.

Sometimes when you're going fast, your instincts can be very useful.

I act with my gut instincts.

I love the idea of playing a character that didn't over think everything. He knows what's in front of him and he has an ability to just say whatever he felt.

The best timed joke or the best timed phrase comes at spontaneous moments and just relies on me as the host to be very quick, and that's what I do.

There's actually something interesting about having no rehearsal time - you have to just walk in and go with your gut, which is exciting.

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.

As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.

Rule. In difficult circumstances always act on first impressions.

It's important not to think too much about what you do.

As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.

Wrestling is like improv. You have to feel and sense what the other person is going to do next and respond faster than they do.

I haven't planned a reaction on anything... If you do, you've screwed up.