Kevin Knox Quotes

With my position, you have to kind of be three steps ahead of your opponent.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.

Anytime you get to play a team twice, you have a feel for what they do and how they play.

You have to do the tactics to win games because if you have good organisation and know what to do, you'll know where the weaknesses are in the opponent.

Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.

Find out what the other team wants to do. Then take it away from them.

The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.

We want to create a problem for the defense, a moment of indecision as they figure out how they want to play against whatever formation we may show. We get a slight edge this way. Also, we create the opportunity for a defense to make more mistakes.

If you're well-prepared, you know what you're doing, and you have an idea what the opponents can do - what their strengths and weaknesses are - once you get into the game, those adjustments will be - I won't say easy, but relatively easier and more manageable.

I've tried to get cute - and I don't mind saying tried to be cute - at the quarterback spot.

You've probably heard from 100 different people that the Patriots are a game plan offense. Here's what that means: We're going to watch the defense specifically to identify their tendencies, what they do situationally and what their philosophy is.

Before I receive the ball I already know how that play is developing so I'm able to give rhythm to that play.

Your rivals study the way you play and find a tactic to counteract your strengths.

When you're facing a different guy every at-bat, he's coming at you with his best stuff. There's no warm-up; there's no 'see a pitch.' You've got to be locked in from the very first pitch... The biggest thing is do your homework before the game starts.

If a team has multiple looks, it's so hard to stand in front of your team and say, 'This is the scouting report. This is what you have to prepare for.'

I have to make sure that we're in the right plays and I can get the ball out quickly and get into our playmakers' hands.

In tournament cricket, with a new opponent each game, I think you actually need to play to your own strengths more.

What I liked of Mourinho is his work ethic and the way he organizes his team against the opponent. He knows the strength and weakness of the opponent, and he will give the details for what he wants. And for me, that was impressive.

There's a decision each match. I decide how we are going to play, and it depends on the opposition 30 per cent, their structure, and 70 per cent is for us.

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

The way you adapt and play against different teams and different styles is going to be important.

Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.

With Ronaldo, I think I've identified a few patterns; there are certain striking things. I will try to utilise this knowledge to my advantage.

Pep is a super coach! He is excellent. He is the best at analysing an opponent and the concept of a game. I don't know what impact he had on German football, but he left a mark on all of us at Bayern because of how he analysed and educated the players in each position and the way he taught us to play.