Mohamed Salah Quotes

In the Premier League, you can't play against anyone if you don't play at a high pace.

It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.

Sometimes you get players who are faster than you or who can trick you with some skill. Sometimes you make the foul.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

It's good to have different ways to break opponents down, and speed is a big part of my game.

I like to attack the spaces, move around a lot and make cuts.

I've always said the one change that would've been nice is if I'd been a bit faster - like fast enough to be able to run past people instead of just being overtaken all the time!

Quickness is the essence of the war.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

It's always been too slow for me. Playing. The pace of things. I'm a fast sprinter. The trouble was, after playing in the group for a few months, I couldn't reach that point.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

My speed is something that has made a difference to my whole career. When I've felt quick and I'm moving well, it makes a huge difference to my entire game. When I feel a bit slower, I end up doing a lot more defending. When I'm a bit quicker to the ball, I feel I can attack a lot more.

Rashford's pace is incredible. You don't catch him when he breaks away.

It's a whole different world once you get into games. You have people actually trying to hit you, the speed of the game's a lot faster, you have a lot of different things you need to check and see. It's a whole different world up there once game time comes.

I always felt defense was a big part of my game.

Speed has always been there in college football.

It's not always about reach, it's about footwork, it's being fast, in and out, stuff like that.

I'm not the fastest guy.

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.

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

Football is a game, and people have to be cunning.

The pace of the game has changed even while I've been a player. It always seems to be getting quicker. You need to be fast, quick to get around the park, need to be able to press and defend and get in peoples' faces, and you need quality on the ball.

I've always been a player on the move. It's not because I like running. I like getting the ball.

I think we have more athleticism, I think we have more pace and that's going to be important to deal with Ghana.

Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat