Rudy Gobert Quotes

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

To me the most important thing was stirring things up and scoring some runs so we could win a ballgame.

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

It is important to have tough and strong players to win back the ball and give consistency to a team.

In football you need to be versatile sometimes, because the most important thing is to win games and enjoy your football.

It's about winning games and scoring as many goals as possible.

You don't need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while.

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

No matter how much striking power you have got, you need to have a sense of defensive compactness from everyone.

Football is a really simple game, and the most important thing, in any formation, is that the players do their jobs, not the formation which they play in.

In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts.

I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great players. Coaches don't win games. Players win games.

There are two real keys to winning. You've got to have good players: no coach won with bad players. You win with good players. That is number one. Number two is, when we are playing, let's say we are playing Michigan, and they had a really good press: we've got to solve that press.

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.

Football is about balance.

I think anybody confusing a system with a reason for success is making a huge mistake. Systems don't win games. Players do.

Every good German team has strong leadership in the side.

To be successful you have to find a good balance between offence and defence, to work without the ball, but our main tactic is to work with the ball, to be in possession.

My first mind-set when I am out on the field is to defend well and not concede.

There are a lot of things you learn from playing wide. You also understand the way that you can coordinate with the front three or front two.

I don't really care how many yards I throw for; as long as we score more points than the guys we're playing.

When you get into the game, you're trying to win games. So you want your best players out there.

If we concede three, and I am marvellous on the ball, it is no good.