Michael Laudrup Quotes

You always have to reflect how you can become an awkward team to play against.

That is one of the problems big teams face - their rivals always take the field very motivated, and I say this from experience.

Important in a big tournament is how you start. With a great match at the start, you can distance yourself from the unrest from outside. And it increases the respect among opponents.

It's important to know as much as I can about the players.

As a playing group you don't go into the game thinking about whether you're the underdog or not.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

When you're playing a good team, not too many point guards want to go one on one. When you're playing a not-so-good team, teams that are fighting to make the playoffs, guys are going to want to try and get their own. It's just a different read of each team.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

Our planes should be full, which among other things means we have a golden opportunity... to build on the momentum reflected in the financial results we are reporting today.

Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.

Being a professional cricketer, you have to adapt to the conditions quickly. It takes time to get rhythm when you are constantly traveling from one country to another.

We have built brands that resonate deeply with our customers. Our strategy to grow these brands is clear, and we have strong teams in place to execute this strategy. That is our formula for success.

Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.

I always save a few special outfits for the final rounds of a tournament, because they put me in a more positive mindset and I then make better decisions.

All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it. You just need to pay attention to it and gain experience over the years.

The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany.

I have to be smarter than my opponents. I have to figure out their styles in the ring. I have to be three or four steps ahead of them. So my mind has to be sharp.

My biggest benching was before the 2012 Olympics. It kind of came out of nowhere. I just kind of had one bad half, 45 minutes, and it pretty much cost me my starting spot.

I have to get used to international management. The players will go back to their clubs, they will all be playing at the weekend, they will all be thinking about other things.

As it is, in football if you are on top and winning games everyone wants to play well against you, put in more effort and beat you.

I played international football for England, and in many games, we were technically inferior to the opposition.

In a sport that's as close as tennis, I feel like anything that you can do to give yourself an edge is definitely worth doing.

When you go into the really big games you look at your team and think 'where are we weak, where are we vulnerable.'

After I joined the Indian cricket team, MS Dhoni advised me that I need to avoid reading the newspapers and should try to stay away from social media as much as possible.

Early in the year, you never know how teams are going to be.