Graeme Souness Quotes

It's always difficult not playing games and that match fitness and sharpness is something you always lack when you don't get that opportunity.

When you don't play, you really feel the difference of what matches give you. The match-sharpness, the fitness. It's what you need to progress.

I need match practice of course, I need minutes in my legs to reach my best form.

I always want to play. It is important to gain match rhythm.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

I am a better running back every time I step on the field. I try to get better each game, each summer, each season.

I played with Annika today. I love being paired with her. She does not make many mental mistakes, and she has the ability to repeat her swing over and over and wears people down.

Although I'm a scratch Ping-Pong player, there is no possibility of me beating a top professional.

I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.

For me, it's just about playing - getting the game time you need to prove to everyone you can play at that high level.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

I have to work hard. I have to get fitness back. If I get game time - which is always different to training - I have to work hard on my game and get confidence again.

There's a lot of different aspects of the game that I've fine-tuned.

I think one thing I had going for me that a lot of rookies didn't is that we played 15, 16 games every year in college.

I don't need to practise. The only thing I need to do is build up my match fitness.

In football, there's always room for improvement.

The better the players you play with and against, it does improve you.

There's always ways to improve your game and be more dangerous and dynamic.

I need to vary up my game, and I'm working on that. I know I need to get better.

I gotta work on my overall game.

I want to be more than prepared for the game, for the preseason, for the season.

If I want any shot at getting on the floor, I gotta know what I'm doing defensively.

There is nothing you can substitute for reps and carries in a game.

What you see is what you get. I'm the real deal. That's why I can step into the ring after having many months off and not have any rust. I'm still working out, stretching.

I know I can be a way better player as a shortstop than I can at third.