Dele Alli Quotes

Handling pressure is the key to doing well in Indo-Pak matches.

I'm just fighting a lot of high-level guys. I feel everyone is trying to be tactical, everyone is trying to put their A-game out there, and I have to find a way to win. I'm all about moving on and trying to get better.

At the highest level, you are playing the best from an opposing country, so the margin of error is very little.

To play in atmospheres that are intense is when I play my best football.

There is a tremendous amount of pressure when you are a world No. 1 with everyone behind you trying to knock you down. But I always believe you should be enjoying the pressure at the top. It is a case of being able to relax and keep playing the game that got you there in the first place.

My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player.

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

You must keep raising this game to higher and higher levels, as on the pool table - mastering eventually the psychological angles. Your playing is a pleasure, all the way to the end, to death, when the game is over.

Even when my opponent hits a very good shot, I don't just want to get it back. I want to get it back so they have difficulty. And then I can control the point.

I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the tools necessary to beat their opponent.

My concentration with players is the next match, focus only to work for the next match and how we can win.

The challenge for young players is always stepping into the next level in terms of how much faster the game is.

I just think you can't get caught up with who's on the other side. Everybody in the NFL is good. Every team is good.

When teams see coach Gruden and myself run out on the field, they know, 'Hey, man, we are in for it mentally today.'

I have the game for the pressure matches and now I just have to be consistent.

Ultimately, we've got to make sure our players understand that the margin for error is very small against these top teams in the world, and we've been punished several times for that.

The pressure of the World Series and the playoffs, it gets to you. But I hope I feel like that every year. Because hopefully we're playing into November every year.

You have to adapt and find your niche, in terms of the type of player you can become, both on and off the pitch. I always knew I'd have no chance against a 1.90m, 90kg defender in a duel, so the key is to avoid these situations altogether. You have to pick your space and time.

We all sign up where you might get hurt. That's what makes this league a little bit different than any other in professional sports.

In the playoffs, it's not going to be pretty. There's going to be some games where you don't score. But are you going to take a charge for a teammate?

It's in the knockout games that you discover who the great players really are.

Every game is tough for me because the level of competition is so high in the Premier League, and every time you have to be at your best.

I hope to have my players in good physical condition, all players, and then to face all competitions.

The Championship allows you to grow as a player. It is very competitive.