Game Intelligence Quotes

I think my game isn't very flashy, but the test of time for the position of quarterback is how fast can you get the ball out of your hands to the right guy? And I think I do that better than everyone else.

Sadio Mane is a world-class player. He is almost perfect. He moves very fast, controls the ball well and is very intelligent in his movements.

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.

Guardiola has helped me so when I receive the ball, I have space.

There are loads of players I could name who are 16-16 looked like world beaters but then at 21-22 they are subs in non-league. There comes a time in your career when the pennies got to drop, where you've got to understand decisionmaking at the right, poignant moments in the game. When to pass, when to dribble, when to shoot. Game-changing moments, can you be the guy that sits there and takes the responsibility. And the great players do.

You watch Silva, and he almost never gives the ball away. He is always looking, thinking, making the right calls.

Some days, I feel like being known as a smart players, sometimes clutch.

If I were a player, I would like to be like Busquets.

The most important thing for a forward is speed of thought. Top players read the game.

I want to be one of those players like Jason Kidd, who is always in tune with the game and sees several plays ahead.

In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding.

Deco is a very skillful player. He thinks very fast on the pitch.

It took me five years to learn to play the game intelligently enough to make big money when I was right.

You can't surprise LeBron any more. He's such a smart player. His intellect has caught up with his athletic ability.

Even though I've been tagged as a scorer and a guy who shoots a lot, I'm a guy that makes the best plays that I possibly can.

You can't say, 'You're a scorer, you score. You rebound, you rebound.' Basketball is more than that. Basketball is knowing the next step, knowing the next play, knowing how to make things happen.

Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis Bergkamp was playing. He seemed to be able to read the game like a chessboard and knew where a player would be several seconds later and put the ball there for him.

Some players thrive in the open-style, AAU games - the all-star games. But when it comes to playing in an actual system and having to 'think' the game, you see where some guys separated themselves.

What separates great players from the good ones is not so much ability as brain power and emotional equilibrium.

If we want to be a top team, we can't get to 3-0 and suddenly decide not to play without the ball. We have to play with intelligence right through the game.

For goal-scorers and centre-forwards, confidence does play a big part.

There are really smart baseball players. It's a thinking person's game.

If Lukaku is not as good as others with his first touch, then give him a ball that he can handle.

You don't want to be the selfish point guard. You want to be the guy that gets everybody open, that makes plays, and see the ball move before it goes in.