Crystal Dunn Quotes

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

When the ball isn't in my hands, I'm already scanning for where the next pass is going.

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

When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.

I know my talents well - I know my head well - so when I go onto the pitch, I know perfectly what I have to do.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.

I know I have to be good on pick-and-rolls.

You have to win on the ball.

For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.

It's a big moment, a heart-rate moment. It's all in the preparation for me. Watching the various takers, I can prepare as best I can. I can prepare, too, with my own team-mates - they practise, which, in turn, helps me practise trying to save penalties. I want as much confidence as I can in the preparation and then take it from that.

Number three, we're going to play very smart and we're not going to beat ourselves. If the other team is better than us and they just out execute us and play better then we can live with that, but we're going to play smart and give ourselves every opportunity to win the game.

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 don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

I spend the entire 90 minutes looking for space on the pitch. I'm always between the opposition's two holding midfielders and thinking, 'The defence is here, so I get the ball and I go there to where the space is.'

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

My thing is to execute the given play, execute the game plan to the best of my ability. If the option is for me to make a play when I have to, I will. Or I'll put myself in the best situation to do so.

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

Having three tough finishing holes in a major, you know, you know that, most likely, it's going to come down to those last three holes. Having a good game plan, a good strategy, and executing obviously is going to be the big key.

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

In football, the only game I know is the 90-minutes game. It's not mind games; I don't try to do that.

There are many talented midfielders but not the kind of playmaker I am.