Blake Jenner Quotes

At 19, I was still figuring out how to throw a fastball.

Give me 10 high school pitchers, let me spend a week with them, and I'll show you 10 pitchers who won't balk. It's not that difficult, and they better learn it.

I have progressed well since switching my training to Loughborough, and I feel I still have another 30% of progress left in me before my peak.

I wanted to become a well-rounded player.

When I got to Central Arkansas, I was a small, slim guy with little chance of playing in the NBA. Then, I went through a two-year growth spurt, and suddenly, I was 6-foot-7.

My grandad and mom would drive me to training all the time, and from then - around seven to eight - coaches were telling me I had something special and needed to stick with it.

I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.

Defense was one thing I was really able to work at and get better.

Tuchel shows me how to move and what I could do better. He wants to take me to absolute top level.

Salzburg improved me as a player, and I learnt so much there. I got a really tactical education.

You can help build momentum in training by keeping the pace and intensity high. Make things happen in training, and then you can transfer that onto the pitch.

I feel I can continue to grow as a player. I have a long time to continue to progress with my shooting, continue to keep my ball handling tight, continue to stay in shape. You know, all of it.

The bottom line is I'm a football player, and I played three years of college football, and I produced all three years. I also got better every year, and I just felt like it was time to move on.

Seek out a personal coach or mentor in the workplace. He/she should push you when you need it by encouraging and motivating you. Don't be afraid of their honesty.

I had a coach when I was getting recruited say maybe you should play basketball at a Division III level, because you're not good enough to play football in college.

I would say each day I'm still growing and still learning, but negatives, obviously they're always going to criticise me for my goals and assists, which I need to add to my game if I want to be compared with the people I'm playing with.

When you're young, you don't think about what you want to be. I was just playing football because I had fun and enjoyed it. When I reached 16, that's when I was dreaming about becoming a footballer.

As a cricketer - or any sportsperson, for that matter - you like yourself to be tested and get better all the time.

Africa has proven to produce some of the greatest athletes in the world, and it's a joy to be able to help grow that talent and create a space for African youth to learn.

I want to work with the best coaches in the world.

I feel like I have grown with the sport.

I train with the best coaches in the world.

I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.

Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.

I am happy to playing against teams like South Africa and Australia early on in my career. It is going to make me stronger as a cricketer.