Saul Niguez Quotes

I think as a central defender you grow as a player.

I'm getting better as a quarterback. A lot of that is an understanding of the game, of myself, of who I'm playing against.

I just want to learn and try to be the best player I can be.

There's a lot of things I can get better at as an individual, knowing where defenders are, having a better awareness. Those are things I can work on.

I know, personally, people said a lot about what kind of defender I was. So I wanted to get better at it.

There's always room for every player to improve.

My Italian adventure was positive because I improved a lot in tactical terms, most of all defensively, which is something I hadn't worked on quite so much.

When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.

I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made it a point to increase or grow in some other area of my life. If I were just playing hockey, I would probably be done with the sport.

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

I used to feel that I had to be dictatorial in order to be respected, but after I did a couple of TV movies, I began to see that authority came with the job. So I began to relax and let more people into the process, and my work really improved.

I'm always trying to be a better player every year and also improve myself.

It's important for me to understand more about my swing and my game, no matter who I end up working with.

I'm always excited anytime I get a chance to be a better player and work with different people.

Before I came to Barcelona, I only thought about one facet of the game: destroying. My qualities were completely defensive, and I wouldn't take responsibility for organising my team's game, our attacks.

Padoin is proving himself to be a great professional. He's tactically intelligent, and it's tough to play in front of the defense.

Really being able to harness my mental approach has kind of taken me to the next level, and obviously maturing as a player and a teammate and as a person. Those are things that are necessary to achieve success in this game. There's no other way around it.

I'm not worried about offense. I've always had that, but I can get better defensively and that in turn will make my offense better.

When you play defense what happens is everybody pays attention and they start talking about how you're the stopper, you can stop this guy. All of a sudden your game gets better on the offensive end and you become that versatile guard that everybody wants.

Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.

It's about being a better player today than you were yesterday.

There's a lot I need to improve on. YAC, which I'm last in. Being a better leader. Not getting frustrated when things aren't going my way.

I'm really focused on getting better as a player.

All players want to better themselves and keep improving.

All I want to do is improve as a player.