Aaron Judge Quotes

What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it's not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It's a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It's a very mental game.

If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

Analysis of opponents is something I like doing.

All I ever try and do in any game is play to how I see the situation.

At the end of the game, coaches always talk about what could have been done differently with the game plan.

I really enjoy watching on the side because I can really see the game from a different perspective.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.

Soccer can be very subtle; it's a very nuanced sport. If I happen to make things easy and people don't see it, that could be a reason why someone might stand out more than I do. But that's just the way I've grown up playing the game.

The game is about making the right decisions.

I always know how to play this game. It's about being smart.

I believe that I'm not just a fighter in this game; I love to study the sport. And in studying the sport, I believe I have a good eye for the sport, and I'm able to talk about the sport.

If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.

"I can see nothing," said I, handing it back to my friend. "On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your inferences."

Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy.

Poirot said placidly, “One does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is enough for me to sit back in my chair and think. It is this – ” he tapped his egg-shaped head – “this, that functions!

The best game plan in the world never blocked or tackled anybody.

Playing the game was the easy part. The real work was in the preparation.

There is never a need to outrun anything you can outwit.

Think of golf as chess. You have to think two or three moves ahead every time you hit the ball. Over every shot, you should be thinking, 'Where do I need to put this ball in order to make my next shot as easy as possible.

Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.

Distilling truth from overwhelming amounts of information is the essence of leadership.

The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.

Chess you don't learn, chess you understand.