Jorginho Quotes

I'm just going to continue to make good plays. Making the right decisions, good decisions with the ball so my team can play with a great flow.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to.

In football, time and space are the same thing.

I know I can shoot when I want. I know I'm going to have the ball. It's about seeing what the team needs at that time.

Guardiola likes footballers who can pass the ball, who have eyes for the best position and the right runs.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

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.

Having the ball in my hand all the time and making plays, it was bound to come to a point where I knew where to get the ball to, who and when to give the ball to somebody. Just making the right decisions when I have it.

I try to have a picture when I receive the ball and know where everyone is. That's one of the most important things for a midfielder.

I still play my fast-paced style but when the game slows down it allows you to see the little things - the right passes, where to lay the ball up.

I need to work on timing and the pace of the game. I need to know when to slow it down and speed it up.

You need to beat a defender when you have the ball. You need to be able to successfully pass to a team-mate, and there are other attributes needed to be the complete player.

Every good, successful player, especially an attacking player, has a well-developed sense of space and time.

I definitely feel like I'm a really good playmaker, a really smart point guard that can lead his team and win.

Playing in midfield is a different ball game. You have to be on the half-turn all the time, have a different picture in your head of what is behind you and in front of you. Playing at right-back is different again.

I've always been the point guard, always been the floor general out there, and it's helped me see things I didn't previously see on offense from a shooting guard standpoint.

If you can grab a ball and throw it, you can grab a ball and throw it. I don't care how tall you are, either. I'm not gonna see over a 6-foot-7 left tackle. You've gotta find lanes; you've gotta know where your guys are. It's not about the height: if you can win ball games, you can win 'em.

I think Messi is an absolute giant in the game. Not so much because of his dribbles and actions. That's why most people rate him. But I think, differently from others, that he is phenomenal in his teamplay and combination play.

In training when I'm receiving the ball I always know where I want to go. At the end of the day it's just soccer.

Playing me in different positions helped me to get in the head of the others players: to know what they're thinking, where and how they are going to move.

Some coaches and quarterbacks over-analyze things at times. Sometimes it can be pitch and catch, let the play-makers make plays.

A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.

As a midfielder, you have to have vision. If you see an opening that might create an opportunity, you have to believe in yourself and go for it; a 40-yard pass or an eye-of-the-needle ball. You have to feel you are going to make it. That's the way I play. I have a picture in my mind, and I go for it.

Every time I catch the ball, I'm seeing a lot of bodies. The key for me is not to force.