Ross Barkley Quotes

You play in different situations and conditions, and you have to come up with new solutions for the problems. It has made me a more rounded player, who can handle different tactics and positions.

All I ever try and do in any game is play to how I see the situation.

In some times of the game, you have to be more simple.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

You need a different checklist and different mental models for different companies.

It does not matter to me. I can play from the left, the right, or attack through the middle.

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 feel like I can adapt to any defense.

A finisher doesn't always mean you have to take the game deep and then bash to finish. It is all about understanding situations and then adjusting your game with the aim that you have to get the job done.

I work a little bit of slower, methodical pace. I'm able to implement certain different styles depending on who my opponent is.

I have never won big fights just doing one thing, being one-dimensional.

If players cannot see what's going on in a game and adapt then they are no good and they will not win anything.

The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.

When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult.

Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business.

But one thing you need to do in the game, is to adapt and adjust your game to what you have been asked to do and also to what your body is telling you to do.

It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.

That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.

I'm fascinated with films that deal with strategy because there's a right way and a wrong way to get the job done.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.

What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.