Johan Santana Quotes

It's about winning the ball, making this step or making the right decision. If you make all of these steps then wins, a final position in the table will come on its own.

We've been able to handle any team that you guys put in front of us. We've had confidence since day one. ... We feel like any team we play against, we've got what it takes to put ourselves in a position to win.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I can bring a 10 to any important game.

Losing the ball is not going to help your team, so I am trying to change that.

Dominating the midfield is the most important thing in modern football. To succeed, you have to be good at everything.

We have four parts of our game: working against the ball; in possession; losing the ball; winning the ball. If you are good in all four parts, you have a good chance of winning.

In football you have to take risks if you want to win.

If we want to be a top team, we can't get to 3-0 and suddenly decide not to play without the ball. We have to play with intelligence right through the game.

I don't want to become a player who spends half his time running round after the breakdown, because that won't get the best out of me.

I learned it doesn't matter how you win. You play to your team's strength.

Football isn't necessarily won by the best players. It's won by the team with the best attitude.

Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.

The best game plan in the world never blocked or tackled anybody.

Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them.

If we play hard and we compete, we match up with any team. I feel like we have the personnel to go all the way.

If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me.

If we play in the right way and do what the manager asks us then we will win games.

There are two ways of getting the ball. One is from your own team-mates, and that's the only way

It's important we win and because of the players we have we should win some matches in style.

I always root for the defense.

You have to play defense, that's how you win.

I know I'm the No. 1 quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and that's all that matters in my heart. That's all I wanted. I wanted a team that wanted me, and I found that.

I just feel like I know what I bring to the game. Very confident in what I do.

I feel like in order for our team to have the upper hand, I have to play extremely well, and I have to bring the rest of the team with me. That's how I feel approaching every game.

If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts.