Lou Williams Quotes

We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.

I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.

When you're young, you might not be ready to deal with the frustration of playing the big guys and dealing with their power. But we move better, we see the ball earlier, we can play faster. That's why you see smaller guys able to compete. We use the power of our opponent.

It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

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

It's not just fleet of foot or speed. It's about who gets caught and gets knocked out.

Every time I go out there, I just try to find the weakness of my opponent and then use that to my advantage.

I know that the only way I'm going to advance in this sport is to be exciting and to finish fights, and I'm fine with that.

A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.

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

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.

Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.

When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

We must compete or retreat.

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.

My unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused on what he's doing. He's focusing in on what you're doing, and it freezes him. When they freeze and you hit, they shatter like glass.

These guys are playing checkers. I'm out here playing chess. When they figure it out, it's too late.

As a kid, I loved contact sports, especially American football and boxing.

I've learned that I have to be more aggressive in that position, when I'm leading the match.

With all my fights, my style is to pretty much put a beating on. I don't exactly like hurting people, but unfortunately that's what we need to do in this game to win.

To beat opposing teams, you have to attack, and to attack, you have to take risks.

I love fighting big guys because I'm fast. I'm not a big, light heavyweight. I can move. I can get inside on them. I'm inside, I'm wrestling with them, and they're just wrestling, but all the time, I'm chopping; I'm slapping.