Jessica Ennis-Hill Quotes

I study this sport.

Success in football is impossible without a good school.

I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.

I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.

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

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

I have a Ph.D. in philosophy and sports science. At 14, I went through this really tough Soviet training system. A lot of my roommates got psychologically broken or physically injured. Either you came through, or you were out. I made my Ph.D. work in the field of young athletes aged 14-19 because at this age any human is changing.

Every sport evolves. Every sport gets bigger and more athletic, and you have to keep up.

When you get off five or six months, and you're not competing as an athlete, you want to get back out on the field.

Obviously we've got a lot of science behind football these days and we've got a lot of people that can advise us on how best to look after our bodies.

Playing sports is a craft that has to be worked on and perfected just like anything else.

I love working with athletes. They're all very demanding.

I enjoyed practices at college. That is where you really get down and dirty and really get some development and see what you have.

I think when you train in just one sport separately, you learn more.

Training is always important.

I started training with Fabricio Itte with my wrestling and high performance; I started spending a lot more time with my head coach Henry Perez and also my grappling coach Alex Prates. Those three are my core team, and they've made hugely important changes and skill enhancements with my game.

Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next month or next year. The improvement was the goal. The medal was simply the ultimate reward for achieving that goal.

I feel like I've paid attention to all the great coaches who have coached me.

I went to Kentucky to be a better player.

In a year, you can learn a lot.

I think I've slayed my long jump demons.

I've learnt more in two years at Juventus than in my entire life.

I'm learning from every game and trying to make a difference.

I was a coach for a celebrity cricket league. Whenever I trained or practised with them, I missed cricket.

I want to play football at a high level.