Dimitar Berbatov Quotes

There are a lot of things you learn from playing wide. You also understand the way that you can coordinate with the front three or front two.

There is so much interaction in a football match: between you and your team-mates and how you support each other, work for each other, make runs. But I also enjoy the other aspect: the pressing and how people work so hard to recover the ball.

I always try to manage the ball in a way that can help the way my teammates receive it.

Isolation basketball will always be part of the game. But the system has to be predicated on ball movement and, more importantly, player movement.

I always play football in my team, and I know that if you play too much long ball, then it's difficult.

In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

When you defend and rebound and you trust the pass on the offensive end, you're going to have the ability to win a lot of games.

Yes, many times an assist is more difficult than a goal; you need to find the right space and measure the force used in order to provide your teammate with the right position in order to score.

To be successful you have to find a good balance between offence and defence, to work without the ball, but our main tactic is to work with the ball, to be in possession.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they're supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that's all you can ask for.

I know I have to be good on pick-and-rolls.

For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.

The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.

It's my job to run the offense and make sure everything goes smoothly.

I like to watch teams who play well, ball on the floor, ball to feet, playing well as a collective.

It is difficult to click your fingers and say, 'Right, go and play that formation now.'

Once I feel like I know my teammates, know where everybody is going to be, being a basketball player will allow me to attack from anywhere on the court, get better shots and facilitate.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.

In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.

Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.