Alex Scott Quotes

It is difficult to click your fingers and say, 'Right, go and play that formation now.'

To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

That's the nicest part of football; you can't do everything to stop a player.

To show my quarterbacks how much I believe in them, I let them pick their favorite plays that we'll run in the game. On the nights before a game we'll sit down in a hotel conference room and we'll have six third-down calls for certain distances.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

It's a scary thing when a team don't know who to match up to, whose night it's going to be on the offensive end.

I came from a high school where I didn't have a playbook or anything like that. Coach would draw it up and get the headset on, and we'd go after it.

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

When I was in Italy, I liked to say, no, that the manager, the coach, is like a tailor. A tailor who must build a dress, the best dress for the team.

Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.

It's one thing to watch the NBA, but when you have to be there for every film session, every practice, it's a grind. It's a lot of hard work.

I learned how to be a smart, tough, fundamentally sound football player.

Everything is up to the players and not the tactics. They're just small details that can show you the way to play.

Try to put our guys in different positions, try some different combinations, et cetera, to prepare us for the playoffs, which is what matters.

I stay in the middle and my team-mates can go to attack.

We need to play tough defense and have a sound offense. But mostly, we have to outrebound the other team.

We need to be always prepared for every match.

In Brazil, we believe a lot in skill. We think it will decide matches and tournaments. Sometimes we forget the tactical side.

Basketball is basketball, so from a strategic standpoint, having a players' perspective is valuable.

The World Cup is what we've done all them hours for. It's why we give up normal life.

For me, nobody's re-inventing football. We just have to do it better than everybody else.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

College football and particularly the quarterback position is a performance-based deal.