David Goffin Quotes

I'm not the fastest guy, but when it comes to agility, getting in and out of cuts and seeing something and going to get it, I do my best to make sure that's on point.

I think playing the 5 is an advantage for me. I'm much quicker than a lot of the other centers in our league.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

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.

Everybody's fast and strong, but to go out there and throw pass-rush moves or be able to do something different on the run to get them off balance. Anybody can run into somebody, but if you can shake them a little bit at the line, that's what's helped me out as a player.

My special thing is my speed. I'm fast.

I have an advantage over most big guys - I'm quicker and faster.

There are a few moments in every game when I will have to sprint and use my explosiveness to win.

Forwards are either too tall, and I'm too quick for them, or guards are too small, and I shoot over them.

Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.

Sproles has the quickest feet I've ever seen out of any player.

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.

Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.

I'm not the fastest guy or the quickest guy.

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

Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors.

Quickness and momentum. You take the whole last generation of sports, listening to them, even reading about them, watching the games, analyzing them, arguing about them, instant-replaying them, second-guessing them, and all you'll distill from them is quickness and momentum.

I'm pretty confident in my ability to get out of the pocket, be fast and run on the field.

The more team speed you have, the better.

How to you use your lower body is a big thing you got to be able to use in the NBA.

If you give Messi a metre, he'll snatch the ball and leave you behind.

You can run in behind someone - one v. one, you're better - so I'm always trying to work on my speed. That's probably one aspect I've worked on the hardest as a player. I want to always improve on everything in my game, but that's one area I really work on.

I've always been working hard on my speed for the last few years. Obviously I'm not slow, but as a striker, the more speed you have, the better you are.

I think that's one of the things that intrigues people the most: my defensive versatility. My movement and mobility is something that piques everybody's interest.

Me being a shorter guy, I am pretty quick out of the blocks and can get up to top speed maybe a little faster than some guys.