Jesus Navas Quotes

I always felt defense was a big part of my game.

I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.

It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.

My speed is something that has made a difference to my whole career. When I've felt quick and I'm moving well, it makes a huge difference to my entire game. When I feel a bit slower, I end up doing a lot more defending. When I'm a bit quicker to the ball, I feel I can attack a lot more.

It's a big part of my game, attacking.

I have a speed, and I have to use it when I play against someone who gives you the space.

I just challenge the big guys and attack them, and use my quickness to my advantage.

Speed has always been there in college football.

It's not always about reach, it's about footwork, it's being fast, in and out, stuff like that.

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.

Most opponents aren't Ronaldo! You have to show him respect but not too much, because that's when you get taken advantage of.

I outwit them, and then I outhit them

If you can't outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them.

I've always believed in quickness over strength and size.

I was always fast; I was always racing guys that were older than me and beating them, so I always had speed. I was able to make good cuts at a young age, on the side of the house with my dad, going through different plays, working on cuts and stuff like that.

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

Nobody is faster than me.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

Quickness is the essence of the war.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.

Sometimes you get players who are faster than you or who can trick you with some skill. Sometimes you make the foul.

One of my friends, Bruno Andrade, was so quick, he just used to knock the ball past whoever he was playing against, and I thought, 'Why can't I do that?' Until then, I would try to dribble and maybe try a stepover, but Andre would just knock it then - beep, beep - and he was so fast, he would get there first.