Millie Bright Quotes

When you are a tricky wide player, you are always used to tackles and challenges.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.

I love being out there on the mound with the ball in my hand. I can control the game. I'm out there. No clock - nothing happens until I throw that thing. Nothing happens. I love that feeling.

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.

It's always great when you just pound the rock, impose your will, and that is going to break the spirit of the defense if you can keep running it and they can't stop you.

Obviously, you want to demand the puck; you want to have it as much as you can because you feel like good things can happen when it's on your stick.

The Houston team I was on - we were just rolling. We just hit the right stride at the right moment. And the Lakers team, we were rolling again.

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso was always bemused by our enthusiasm for tackling, because he saw it as the last resort.

I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive.

Everybody always asked why I wanted to be an offensive lineman. I told them that I had 11 different people I can hit on every single play, while everyone else is chasing one person. I prided myself on being an extremely physical and dominant player.

Rugby is a game where everything is connected - from your kicking game to your defence to your set piece and attack.

It's very physical in the midfield, but I've come into my own now, and I can handle it in there.

In the end, it's like that: The more I possess the ball, the more dominant we play, and the more often we win.

I think, as a midfielder, you need to have that aggression as part of your game.

It's easy when you're always winning.

I'd say I'm a front foot defender; I never hesitate to go in for a challenge. You have to get one over your opponent and dominate them.

Every tournament I play in I fancy my chances of winning, so hopefully I can get through the first few rounds, find a bit of form and kick on.

The thing in basketball is you always want to be free. I don't want to be hugged up to my guy. When we're body to body, I want to control you.

On the pitch, you can have the feeling that everything is happening for you, from passing to tackles.

Knock out a small debt first so you get a quick win. Momentum is key.

I'm standing on my Monopoly board that means I'm on top of my game