James Rodriguez Quotes

Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass.

I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.

I have scored some goals, but that is not everything, is it? Football is more than that.

Some lads were dribblers, some lads just loved scoring goals, whereas I enjoyed and took pride in practicing my passing and that. That's how it was.

I always had a concept of watching great players, great goalkeepers.

I believe my strengths are my pace and reading of the game.

I can win the ball. I can clear the ball.

I'm a versatile player, I'm a technical player, and I play with my head, but I can progress further.

In soccer, you have to be sly.

The pitch is the most important material for a football player.

I am enjoying playing English football. It is very beautiful. With every game I play, I feel more comfortable.

When you play football, you have to do a lot of running.

You have to win on the ball.

People expect you to dribble past 10 players and put the ball in the back of the net.

Everyone is different but I love to watch that type of football: the clever players, the technical players. The beautiful game.

Accelerating, dribbling, and creating opportunities are the DNA of my game.

I've always been a player on the move. It's not because I like running. I like getting the ball.

Football is a sport that you play with a team and I think if you want to win the Ballon d'Or, you have to win the Champions League.

I like to watch the great players, the ones who are technically good and understand the game. I try to see how they move.

There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

For me, soccer was a dance.

One of the things I've learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.