Romesh Ranganathan Quotes

The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.

I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that.

I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

It's like everything in football - and life. You need to look, you need to think, you need to move, you need to find space, you need to help others. It's very simple in the end.

There are many talented midfielders but not the kind of playmaker I am.

I'm a good marker, and I have a nice, long pass.

Sometimes my passes don't find people, but I do try and create.

Beckham takes free kicks better than me. It is a joy to watch him take free kicks and he has proved that free kicks are not all about power.

Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

What I like about it is the creativity. When I watch good soccer players - the way they have to make a play out of nothing.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

Imagination is but another name for super intelligence.

It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

I would say my strengths are vision and strategy.

I always had a concept of watching great players, great goalkeepers.

I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came up with my own way to strike them.

As naturally athletic as I'm gifted to be, where certain things came easily, I always rely on my brain first.

When I play, I play with my feet and with my head also.

Being a physical specimen doesn't mean you're any good at playing inside. Positioning, using your head, the mental stuff - that's my game. That's what makes a good inside player.

Yes, many times an assist is more difficult than a goal; you need to find the right space and measure the force used in order to provide your teammate with the right position in order to score.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

Neymar will never fail to have technique and creativity.

In soccer, you have to be sly.