Matt Nagy Quotes

In football, there's always room for improvement.

There's a lot of different aspects of the game that I've fine-tuned.

Whenever you step on the ice, you need to be a student of the game and try to hone your craft. You're never going to play a perfect match, but you're always chasing that perfect game.

The only thing that we can do is to work on all the aspects of our game.

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.

There's different aspects of the game you have got to pick up along the way. I think I am picking it up fairly quickly and I'm learning all the time and I can only get better.

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.

There's always ways to improve your game and be more dangerous and dynamic.

I think every game in the NBA, I'm a lot better than I was before just by learning a lot.

You know, differentiating between training and matches. If they are all matches it becomes very natural to shoot them, although Dan thinks I should shoot more of them. I think I shoot plenty of them.

You always want to be on top of the playbook. You always want to be refreshed with the plays, make sure you're on the same page with everyone else.

There are few secrets in football. So execute.

Learn by practice.

All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

We've got to play better basketball.

Rehearsals make a huge difference.

I know the game well. I'm a student of basketball; I know what it takes to win.

I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do.

Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don't pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting immediate perfection. They understand that they will make many errors as they learn, but they start with the basics, the key fundamentals first.

I think about trying to make it better. That's all I do when we play 'Even Flow' or anything off of 'Ten': 'Let's do this the best we can.'

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.

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

The players are out here to help win games and to improve, not to make a movie. They're not actors. They're players.

Whatever it is you do, study it, learn the ins and outs of it, and really work on building your craft.

With every look I can get and every defense I play against I get more experience.