Owen Farrell Quotes

Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.

The Championship allows you to grow as a player. It is very competitive.

As a coach, the greatest passion you can have is for improving players.

Going to Stade Francais will not just make me a better player but make me a better player for England.

I learned a lot in my last year at Livingston and even more since coming to Leeds, as a player and on the sports science side.

The great thing with Usain Bolt is he fell into great coaching, so his talent was exceptional from Day 1. You can coach technique and structure, but not talent.

Obviously, international rugby is a different level, but there are some really good players around.

All players want to better themselves and keep improving.

I want to improve every part of my game.

For every LeBron James that jumps onto the scene, or every Derrick Rose that does really well in year one, you have a lot of others that take time to transition. Those guys are just brilliant in their own way, but a lot of other guys need a little help along the way.

Video analysis is big for me. Through video, you see good things and bad things and can show players how to improve.

Teams from Ukraine and Russia are getting better all the time.

Every single year is a year for me to take a look at how I've grown and how I can get better and better myself as a football player as a receiver and just as an overall team player.

The D-League has helped me to get better and develop as a basketball player.

I went to a lot of college camps when I was younger... You just admire those players because they're at a higher level than you at that time.

Every coach has their own philosophy for getting the best out of players, and sometimes these can seem strange to the public.

Since I left Atleti, I have improved my game with my feet considerably, and I have matured a lot as a person.

When I started my professional rugby career, in 2002, there was one guy filming training if you were lucky.

Players don't change drastically. Maybe they get more in form if they're a goal scorer, or they get healthier if they've been injured.

Suarez will improve and he will get better.

Things for me really started to click right after my third year in the league. I sort of figured out that there were a few things that I needed to do if I wanted to get better - I needed to gain some more weight and add some strength.

Every sport has different cycles where it's better than it was or less than it should be, whatever it is, that will work out.

I have to keep developing and progressing and strive to be as good a player as I can possibly be.

In the early '80s there was a big gap between the NBA and the international game and when we started making our careers here in the NBA, obviously, we became better players. When we used to play each other on the international level, that gap became smaller and smaller.