Game Timing Quotes

When you're a striker, you want to play all the games, and most chances come at the end because defenders are tired.

I think when you come off the bench, you know you're going to play, but you don't know really when, what time in the game, what quarter, so it's kind of different.

Well 'Monday Night Football,' I think the players kind of like it because they like the attention, and it's a lot of attention. But on the other hand, it's a disruption of the routine we used to have to play on Monday night. If you're a player, you sit around all day waiting for a game. It's different than when you play at noon.

Personally, I always loved the 1 p.m. Sunday games.

Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - it's when you run it. The right time.

If you want to get players to your game, it's hard to get them there at noon.

We've got sports scientists who insist it's important for the lads to eat after games to refuel, even if it's 2am. I used to refuel after games at West Ham until half past three in the morning in a different way - but then I'm old school.

Think about the deflections. The offense can't score every play. They're just trying to get a good shot. If I can deflect a pass, even if it doesn't cause a turnover, it will throw their timing off half-a-second. That half-a-second might mess up their shot.

We're playing the Superbowl this year, we're opening up before the coins drop.

The contention is if you don't do it in the first quarter, if you don't box out and control the glass in the first quarter, you are not going to do it in the fourth quarter and overtime.

In England, there is a tradition of playing on Saturday. But in Spain, I won the UEFA Cup with Valencia playing on Thursday and Sunday, which was just the same.

We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half.

I just think repetition and getting the game reps shooting the ball in games really helps, rather than just practicing. You can get game timing.

At Liverpool, when warmed up, we enter the game or after 15 minutes go back to the bench.

It's one of those things: you can't really control how much you play or when you play, but when your number's called, I think if you make the most of your opportunities in this league, that's what makes good players. That's what I've tried to do in my short time being a starter, and good things have come from it.

The game is 90 minutes long, and there are many phases.

It's always hard to sleep after a night game.

After a Sunday night game, what I do is I usually wait like a day and a half before going on Twitter.

They scored too early.