Possession Loss Quotes

When our jewellery business went into receivership we avoided bankruptcy by selling our houses and possessions.

You can't score if you're turning it over. It's like a punt. If you go out and you punt 12 times, you're not scoring points. That's not good. So, when you turn the ball over and throw interceptions, you're giving the other team more opportunities and your team less opportunities.

There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted."

Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!

Whenever we don't turn the ball over, we're pretty productive. When you're turning the ball over, you're cutting down on offensive opportunities.

When you touch the ball 400 times per game, it's normal that you can lose the ball a couple of times.

I don't like getting pinned back with a line of four in midfield. You risk losing too much space.

[My father] had a massive middle-age breakdown. And left the family. And then it just completely fell apart. And my mother was heartbroken, just completely devastated. To make ends meet we started selling off all our possessions.

At international level, giving the ball away doesn't work too often.

The goals we get against are not really that people outplay us. I think it's the mistakes we make. It's when we have the ball at the back, we lose a few balls sometimes - that's also the risk with the way we play. It's not like they created the chance. We make two mistakes, and then we get the goals against.

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

I think the number one stat that is a direct correlation on winning and losing is turnovers.

I'm not going to go out there and throw the ball all around the park and throw it to the other team.

A counter-attack can only arise when you make a mistake. That's why there are rules. A horizontal pass? Prohibited. In my line-up there are as many lines as possible. Because you must have the option to pass the ball forward, even if it's a meter. Because then I can still make up for the loss of possession. After a horizontal pass this is impossible.

When you get lots of players up front, sometimes a counter-attack can take you by surprise and lead to a chance for the opposition.