Bam Adebayo Quotes

Whoever you are playing and whatever you are playing against you have to weigh up tactically how you approach that game. That has always been a part of my make-up, having made my way through every division and finding out what management is all about.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

I just go into a game and try to look at the situation and what needs to be done. I try to execute.

If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me.

I bring values, resiliency, a thick skin, and I'm not afraid to be confrontational. I don't remember anyone before bringing that to the table.

You cannot keep doing the same things. According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role.

This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.

I'm one of the best finishers in the business, so I went for it.

I know one of my best qualities is to read the game for my players, is to read the opponent, is to identify every detail about the opponent.

Candidates need to demonstrate strategic thinking and strong problem solving skills. And, just as importantly, they need to know when and how to ask for help.

Some players are wonderful hitters of the ball, but they can't figure out ways to get out of trouble. Eighty percent of the time, there is a way. You just have to know how to look for it.

I like to work the count, but I know when I have to be aggressive.

My game is about being aggressive, and I'm not the same player if you take that away from me.

Tactical and technical awareness can only improve and sharpen with time.

I'm someone who really thinks the game through, who has an IQ about the game, who studies the game, who knows a lot more than just running and jumping.

Playing me in different positions helped me to get in the head of the others players: to know what they're thinking, where and how they are going to move.

I get lots of fouls on me, but it is no foul because I am physical. Because I don't go down, that is the problem as well. But I will keep playing my game. Why would I change? It's my game.

That's my nature: I'm going to be aggressive, but it has to be calculated.

I think I'm quite a clever player and that I realise there are times when I can be offensive but others when I must be more compact and work for the team, because that is what matters.

I just have to have trust in my guys to make plays. I play at a confident, fast pace, and when I like something, I take it. I rip it.

Players have to adapt nowadays, and if you have a good football brain, if you can read the game, you can manage it.

When I am on the pitch, I play on intuition, but I think a lot about the game as well.

I'd rather be an athlete than a fighter, an athlete is going to go there and figure out the ways to win, see the holes in the game.

My characteristics are to control the game, stay in the middle and organise the team, but I can adapt as well.