Barry Switzer Quotes

OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.

My defensive side was something I wanted to work on, especially coming into the Premier League.

It's about the process. It's about getting better. 'Let's execute on this play, let's execute on this drive.' You do those things, and over the course of the season you'll get better as a team and you'll get to a point where hopefully you're playing at a high level to win the games that really become at another level.

All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

As long as I'm playing week in week out, I'm going to become a better player.

A takeover or a player doing something wrong can take the focus away from what the most important thing is, which is to play football.

We practically only practiced fitness under Klinsmann, there was very little technical instruction and the players themselves discussed the way they would play a game before the match.

You don't ever want to be a mechanical basketball player, but as far as technique and things, I like to have certain check points in my shot, certain things that I can count on and think about. It kind of helps me to be consistent.

Anything you train can be improved upon. If you do it over and over again, your body is going to remember these moves and not be surprised in the game.

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

I think hitting's just repetition. The more you hit, the better you're gonna get.

Sometimes I do things in training and think, 'Ah! I need to do that in a game. If I do I will be close to my full potential.'

What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing.

I like making players better and smarter.

I had an expectation going into the NFL, and then the experience that I had exceeded what I expected to see from people that played at that level. And so, it was a learning experience not only from a mental standpoint and a physical standpoint, but just a routine standpoint.

When you get traded, the first thing you have to do is self-reflect and think about how you can get better. It has only helped me become a better player and think the game through.

Just play football. If you are a writer, you must write. It's the best way to practise. If I'm a pianist, I don't need to run in the forest for one hour or two hours to be a good pianist. I must play piano. So this is what we are doing all the time. Play football. Simple ideas.

I always want to improve in all my facets of the game, whether it's the receiving or blocking aspects.

Player X might be the best outside back, but does that player help the best wide player be as good?

I went to Kentucky to be a better player.

Practice helps you reduce your mistakes.

Being able to block as a receiver, that was something I tried to make a point to the other receivers at Stanford, that you have to take that to a huge level of importance.

It doesn't matter if it's first-, second-, third-, fourth-, fifth-string snaps - any time you get a snap and get to go out there and practice, you build a database of information.

I've trained with some top players at Chelsea, but sometimes training is not enough.