Sandeep Singh Quotes

I have spent much of my youth on artificial pitches. The body can feel a little heavier, but the ball is there quicker and cleaner.

I remember the first time I played on a synthetic turf field. I thought, 'Wow, this is amazing. What is this stuff?' It seemed so much better than that concrete-like Astro Turf that was essentially just a green, thin carpet over hard ground.

Artificial pitches are just one more condition for us, like sun, wind or snow; we should be able to deal with such conditions.

Playing on turf affects everything, you know, it affects the way the ball rolls, it affects the way the ball bounces, it affects the way you think about whether or not going into a slide. It's kind of a nightmare.

You can't slow the game here. It's grass, it's always going to be fast.

The actual game is only part of the Senior Bowl experience - the practices are equally important.

People don't understand that the feel of the surface is so important for a footballer. The ball travels on the surface; our feet move on the surface - all of that goes into how the game is actually played.

One of the most important things I'm glad we did and am proud of is that we don't have any real grass on our property. It might not be realistic to ask people to pull out their grass, but we'll never have to think about it. We used Smart Grass, and I think it looks beautiful.

My rookie year was huge for me as far as the learning curve, especially those last three games.

The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field.

A sporting track doesn't always mean that it will only have grass on it.

I'm comfortable anywhere, as long as it's on the pitch.

When you first come into the league you don't know what to expect. And then if you do, you're ready, but then it's different when you're playing and getting reps. It's just like anything, you start to do something, play it enough and do it enough then you can get good at it.

I don't want it to be comfortable for players to step in, stroll about and walk away with three points. But there won't be any old-school flat balls, cold tea or wet floors.

I was adapted to European football after playing in Germany for three years, but English football is very different to the Bundesliga.

Being in the D-League, I might be able to get into a rhythm and start shooting the ball well and get some confidence and get some reps.

We all can agree we want our kids active and moving and healthy. But we also have a right to know whether the turf fields our kids are playing on contain harmful chemicals.

Every wicket you play on is different.

I definitely played on a lot of muddy northern pitches.

Kansas City might be the loudest stadium that I've played in.

In white-ball cricket the conditions do vary, but throughout Tests it varies a lot more in a five-day game, and home advantage becomes more prevalent in Test cricket.

Champions League matches are not always played on good pitches.

My process to adapt to English football has been very good.

The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character.

Sometimes you see me on the pitch, and you think I'm playing on the street.