Jake Arrieta Quotes

In my opinion, there's nothing better than practicing a play all week and then going on the field and thinking, 'This is going to be a touchdown.'

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

I hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games.

I think switching is like a lot of things. You can do it - it's a game plan - but you better do it well. You better practise it.

I know my talents well - I know my head well - so when I go onto the pitch, I know perfectly what I have to do.

In training when I'm receiving the ball I always know where I want to go. At the end of the day it's just soccer.

It's my favorite part of the preparation. When we get a pressure figured out and pick it up, those are the plays that fire me up the most.

I prepare so I can be in the whole game.

You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they're supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that's all you can ask for.

I try not to pay too much attention to the surroundings when you've got plays to worry about. It doesn't really matter. All we need is the grass and a couple of lines. We'll make it work and execute no matter what. At the end of the day, that's football.

People regularly practice playing a sport like golf or basketball - but few people think about 'practicing being successful.' I had practiced meeting the Queen of England - what I would wear, how I would stand, the handshake - so when I did meet her, I was comfortable - for I had practiced the moment for years.

I don't focus on how I'm gonna get the finish or how I would like to get the finish. I focus on just my game plan that I've gone over with myself, my coaches. If the finish comes it comes.

Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

There are few secrets in football. So execute.

But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.

In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally prepared about my opponents.

Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.

I look forward to competing.

I am not a bomber. I'm more about precision and being target-oriented. I have to rely on all parts of my game firing if I'm going to win.

Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.