Carlos Carvalhal Quotes

Everything we did on the training pitch, we did with the ball. You'll never see a pianist run around his piano. People ask me, 'Why don't you run through the forest, through the trees?' Well, I've never seen a tree on a football field.

I think I feel fortunate to have been very well educated in terms of strength and training while I was at school at Stanford, and I think our strength coaches here on the Colts do a great job. A big part of being able to withstand hits is making sure that you've got a good base.

You can't play football without having a good training pitch.

To play a soccer game, you have to be in very good shape.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

We started training a month before the movie started and then by five months in, we were at our peak shape.

I don't know if anything can really prepare you for 'Survivor,' but since I grew up as an athlete, the physical aspect came to me more easily.

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.

Training's completely different now. It used to be a lot of running and work without the ball. Now it's all with the ball, which any player loves.

I am very fit and by playing sweeper I can control the speed of the game.

There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player.

The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

I spent hours from 11 until 16 with Tottenham in the gym playing the ball against the wall. We played against the wall for an hour before we would have a match. Left foot. Right foot. In the square. In the circle. Above the line, below it. Chest control. Thigh control. Volley sideways.

By playing in the street, the level of Asian football can absolutely improve, as you will get more technical players. They will be quicker, more creative, and after succeeding in the street, it will be a piece of cake for them to do well eleven a side.

Losing the ball is not going to help your team, so I am trying to change that.

I think any time you can go out and put pads on and practice before the season, I think it's a good sign. It's a good sign.

I believe that, deep down at heart, I'm a football player.

I don't run on the treadmill, because there's no treadmill moving for you on the soccer field.

Every footballer enjoys having the ball at their feet. There are times in training you find yourself without the ball. I enjoy that side of it as well. If we can spend more time working with the ball then everyone will enjoy it.

Being a midfielder, I need to get up and down, whether it's to get back and defend or get away from my opposite number. Extra effort in training makes all the difference.

Lionel Messi, I never saw him in the gym. I've never seen him train in the stops or do technical exercises.

I spent the best part of 20 years trying to stop people like Chris Waddle from playing. Now I'm convinced that good touch and loads of movement are the way forward.

Rugby has surprisingly helped me a lot as an astronaut and when I'm training in the space suit.

In Spain, you get seven clear chances a game to receive the ball and shoot. In Italy, you get very few clear balls, and you have to fight everyone to score; that makes you improve and develop.

I've slowly made my body adapt and understand what's going to happen.