Diego Godin Quotes

We work hard in the gym; we work on set plays, which are massive. We work really hard on them on the training ground.

Every week we work really hard on that, in our defensive and offensive set pieces, and in our routines as well.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.

I don't think I'm conscious of most of the things I've drawn from football, because they're so ingrained in me now... understanding that the discipline and the routine and the regimentation to be successful.

I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came up with my own way to strike them.

I don't think you can ask anybody in any walk of life to do anything at a championship level without doing it over and over and over and over and over again in preparation.

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.'

I just want to be as successful as I can in football.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice.

A dancer's life is all about repetition.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.

All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

There is no way I could have played fourteen years in the NFL if I didn't work my butt off on the practice field perfecting my technique or spend hours upon hours in the film room studying defenses.

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

You've got to put in a lot of practice if you want to be good in something. You've got to do it the right way.

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

I have to learn the plays before I can worry about getting passes thrown to me.

At the end of the day, you've got a job to do, and that's playing football.