Jerry Rice Quotes

I was always fast; I was always racing guys that were older than me and beating them, so I always had speed. I was able to make good cuts at a young age, on the side of the house with my dad, going through different plays, working on cuts and stuff like that.

It is very hard to find a good defender who is strong and good with the ball. Very hard.

I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.

If you can put your hands on the receiver and get to him fast, that messes up everything for them. If I don't put hands on him, he's probably going to beat me on the route.

A lot of wide receivers, they always run their routes at 100% speed. As a DB, that allows you to get a feel for how you need to play them.

I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you're a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want.

I'm active - I like playing football, but I'm not very good. I like running, but I'm not really fast.

I think my acceleration is very good. That's the key for me.

Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

You want to be Defensive Player of the Year.

For me speed and power is the most important thing on the footy field as well as agility which I work on everyday.

I want to be active. I want to be able to show everything I can do. I can blitz. I can cover. I can play zone and play man. I can do it all.

My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front of you - read their body language and anticipate what's going to happen next.

I have always been comfortable in possession, but it is tracking and tackling that I have been working on.

Snowboarding requires lower-body strength.

Messi simply cannot be stopped by yourself. Ronaldo is easier because he is more about athletic prowess.

Germany are extremely fast and strong.

Adama Traore and Diogo Jota are incredibly fast and difficult to stop.

Ligue 1 is a very physical league. In each team, there are very fast players, dangerous wide men with plenty of speed and endurance.

As far as my athletic ability, I can pretty much do it all. You can put me at linebacker and I'll do a good job.

He could rush the passer, he could bull you, he could beat you speed inside and quickness. Those are long days when you had Michael Strahan lining up right over your head for 60 minutes, because most defensive ends are good at one or the other. Michael was really good at both.

I've always been working hard on my speed for the last few years. Obviously I'm not slow, but as a striker, the more speed you have, the better you are.

I think that's one of the things that intrigues people the most: my defensive versatility. My movement and mobility is something that piques everybody's interest.

I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner.