Zach Ertz Quotes

I think I'm very good at reading coverage and knowing where I want to go with the ball before the ball is snapped.

It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.

The game's just slowed down for me a little bit and I'm able to read the defenses and see how they're playing me.

We always think we can get to the quarterback, put pressure on him.

I feel like I know what defensive backs are going to do before they do it.

A defensive coordinator is always going to try to throw you something different and get you out of your element, and I have to do better with the pass protection.

You need to know exactly where to be on the pitch at all times.

You have different schemes for different teams. Some teams blitz a lot, and some teams drop eight in coverage.

I've played against Aguero a couple of times. He starts behind you so he's always offside, but you don't know where he is. You look behind to the right and he'll go to your left. He's so tough to find. You've got to learn and work out how to stop them.

When you haven't got the ball, while we're defending, sometimes I am not always where I need to be.

I want to know what coverage it is every single time. I want to line up and be able to read what the defense is trying to do to me so I can get open.

I don't know one player who doesn't make a mistake, especially a defender and especially how we play at Liverpool.

I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner.

My goal is to protect the basket. Most of the time, I won't block the shot but I'm going to affect the shot or I'm going to affect the way they think.

I stay in the middle and my team-mates can go to attack.

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

Anyone who wants to be a centre-half would have to say that John Terry is a role model. Every centre-half in the game would agree with that. It is the way he leads the team and the way he reads the game.

The most dangerous area is the centre, which has to be either attacked or defended in football, and it's the same in chess.

I think my one-on-one defense is pretty good.

I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.

Defensive moments are for each and every player.

Every time I step on the field, it doesn't matter who we're playing, I want to get an interception.

Before, sometimes if the ball was played over my head I wouldn't know where I was but now I feel a lot more comfortable. Sometimes I would be going forward when it really wasn't the right time to go too, but now I'm picking my moments better.

To be a great NFL player, you have to know what your opponent is doing, not just opposite your position but what they're doing all over the field. All the contingencies.

I don't want to be making tackles.