Rajiv Ouseph Quotes

Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.

I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.

There's only so much that you can control, especially when the game speed is super, super fast, and guys are flying at you, and you're trying to make a play and get rid of the ball.

It's not fun facing a ball going 97 mph, trust me.

Badminton in Beijing is huge - it's one of their top three sports.

Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.

I watch the ball fiercely to see its height and speed off my opponent's racket so I can decide how I want to hit it.

I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve.

The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh.

When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.

We were pretty darn good - fit and ready to play - but today's level is different. Those ground strokes are ever so much faster, coming back at you at a pretty good speed. Footwork-wise, you've got to be ready to hit that next shot. It's a tough time.

I'm able to be able to achieve certain things that others aren't - whether it's a reaction time or the idea of a coffee that's about to be spilled and I'm able to grab it before anyone else or whatever it is.

The point in tennis is to take the ball as early as possible and take time away from your opponent.

When I can control the ball off the first shot after serve and return, especially with my forehand, that's when I'm in control most matches.

Many players are of the same standard; it all depends on how your strokes land on the other side of court.

Being in midfield, in general, you don't have a lot of time to think, and in the Premier League, that's even less of the case. You just don't have time to think.

When we used the small-faced racquets and wood racquets, we had to use every part of the court.

I don't have the same serve speed as some of the guys, but I have good footwork, and I take the ball early.

The taller you are, the bigger your serve.

It's in that moment - when millions of fans are holding their breath as the football hurtles towards me at 80 mph, and all I have is within 0.42 seconds to react - that I need to feel mentally and physically prepared.

The evolution of football has seen a reduction in the space between the teams. It is therefore important for the modern footballer to react and be quicker than in the past, because there is more happening in the restricted space.

I see the game too slow from second base. That's why I like to play more short.

I think I've lost that ability to slow things down - that ability drivers have to calculate what's coming by you at tremendous speed. I used to have it.

You have to try and take care of your service games and not get into those awkward sudden-death deuces that can only get you into trouble.