Steve Largent Quotes

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

I work on my speed and strength every day, and I do a lot of work on my first five yards. For a footballer, that's really important.

Speed is something I always worked on really hard.

My special thing is my speed. I'm fast.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

My speed is something that has made a difference to my whole career. When I've felt quick and I'm moving well, it makes a huge difference to my entire game. When I feel a bit slower, I end up doing a lot more defending. When I'm a bit quicker to the ball, I feel I can attack a lot more.

First of all you need to have speed. If you only have experience and don't have the speed, then you are never going to get the speed. This is the main point. So you are better off getting someone quick and you develop him with experience.

Rashford's pace is incredible. You don't catch him when he breaks away.

I've had a lot of people tell me I'm faster than Tyson.

The more team speed you have, the better.

There are a few moments in every game when I will have to sprint and use my explosiveness to win.

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.

I wasn't the most technical player. But I was fast, and if I push the ball past a player, I can get there. Everyone always made fun of me in a good way for that.

I thought you got faster by running on sleds. That does get you faster, but the most important thing when it comes to speed is getting your technique down. Technique, that's the main thing when it comes to speed.

I like to attack the spaces, move around a lot and make cuts.

I've always said the one change that would've been nice is if I'd been a bit faster - like fast enough to be able to run past people instead of just being overtaken all the time!

I'm not the fastest guy, but when it comes to agility, getting in and out of cuts and seeing something and going to get it, I do my best to make sure that's on point.

Me being a shorter guy, I am pretty quick out of the blocks and can get up to top speed maybe a little faster than some guys.

I was always fast; I was always racing guys that were older than me and beating them, so I always had speed. I was able to make good cuts at a young age, on the side of the house with my dad, going through different plays, working on cuts and stuff like that.

I could jump, I was quick, I could catch and all those types of things, but when it came to just flat out speed, that's something I had to work really hard at.

My speed is my greatest asset.

I think my acceleration is very good. That's the key for me.

I first discovered my turn of pace when I was playing football as a kid.

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact.