Glenn Hoddle Quotes

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

I'm two-footed. I prefer to dribble with the left and shoot with the right.

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.

I train a lot. After training sessions, I like to stay with some balls and some goalkeepers - they help me a lot, too.

I'm a player who likes to get on the ball and use it.

I'm working on my final ball, my precision in front of goal, my one-on-one attacking ability, just new ways to beat defenders and help my team.

Ballhandling - I made it a focus in all my workouts - working on my handles coming off screens with it, one or two-dribble pull-ups, making second moves, trying to mix it up and continuing to get better each day.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

The players who tend to make the difference are often great dribblers. Some are very fast; others have a repertoire of moves and feints. These players need to have great technique in order to be good dribblers. But I'm not a good dribbler.

Even as a kid, I'd kick a tennis ball against a wall with both feet for hours. That was one way to become two-footed.

The game was different then, when I used to play. The ball ran more than the players and to some extent there was greater technical skill.

I like to take a little bit from every midfielder I have played against, whether it's physically, technically, tactically, just to try to improve my game.

It is very important to be able to play with your feet, and deal with one-on-ones.

Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.

A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It's played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player's control.

For me, soccer was a dance.

I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing the ball dribbling. I think I'm handling the ball pretty well, just trying to make good passes, man.

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.

I always dribble for a reason, and I always head for the goal.

When I'm on the field, the trick I like to do most are stepovers. For me, it's a simple, beautiful dribble that also has a point.

Normally, midfielders only pass the ball, but I dribble as well.

Look at the best dribblers in the world, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, and the ball seems to stick to their foot, so I can work on that when I am dribbling.

I see children now, and many things surprise me: they ask me about my boots and why I don't dye my hair. I wonder, 'Why don't you talk to me about how to cross the ball, control it, the position of the body when I strike the ball?'

I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.