Alex Morgan Quotes

Working your core always, your foot speed, jumping rope, push-ups and sit-ups - things like that are really important. Those things will pay off more than just doing what a bench press will.

Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.

I like to spend time on freekicks after training.

Sometimes, I put a couple of mannequins on the edge of the box and do these things called bounce balls. You pass against it, and it comes back; you take a couple of touches 'round the mannequins and shoot.

I'm two-footed. I prefer to dribble with the left and shoot with the right.

I only try to play good soccer.

I need to work hard at training to become more clinical in front of goal.

It isn't hard to practise finishing. You can do it on your own: just take a couple of touches and shoot at goal. You can do it with whatever equipment you have.

It is very important to be able to play with your feet, and deal with one-on-ones.

I do a lot of kicking practice and passing, and it has made a massive difference.

Cristiano - he has it all. He has a right foot, left foot, is good in the air, so quick.

Yes, I'm working on playing with my feet, so I take risks.

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

Look at the best dribblers in the world, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, and the ball seems to stick to their foot, so I can work on that when I am dribbling.

One of my friends, Bruno Andrade, was so quick, he just used to knock the ball past whoever he was playing against, and I thought, 'Why can't I do that?' Until then, I would try to dribble and maybe try a stepover, but Andre would just knock it then - beep, beep - and he was so fast, he would get there first.

I have to improve on my speed endurance, and I am working on it.

Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass.

Neymar will never fail to have technique and creativity.

In soccer, you have to be sly.

Carrying the ball is one of the strongest points in my game and I like to be a danger on the pitch.

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

Ballhandling - I made it a focus in all my workouts - working on my handles coming off screens with it, one or two-dribble pull-ups, making second moves, trying to mix it up and continuing to get better each day.

You can always get better with your ballhandling.

The pitch is the most important material for a football player.

I can do a lot of stuff, score goals with my left, right, and head.