Jim Brown Quotes

If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

All coaches say, 'We want to control the game. We want the ball. Blah, blah, blah, blah,' but it's impossible to have the ball all the time.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

Third down is a big thing with a quarterback: pinpoint accuracy, making good decisions.

I've never seen a Barca without control of the game. I've never seen a Barca that doesn't have the ball and lets the opposition attack all the time.

Sometimes you can get sloppy and control the ball right at your feet, and that gives the defenders a chance.

It's just boring to see a team punt the ball and have the returner fair-catch the ball all the time.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.

Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes.

That's something you want to preach throughout the whole defense - getting the ball back to the offense.

You've got one football and a lot of times, defenses dictate where the ball goes.

The little bit of my Brazilian side in Azzurri is perhaps to play more with the ball on the ground and have the tranquility to hold the ball. The idea is to have more control of the game.

We have four parts of our game: working against the ball; in possession; losing the ball; winning the ball. If you are good in all four parts, you have a good chance of winning.

Cruyff's idea was, quite literally, to play football - nothing more, nothing less. His idea of how football should be played was based not on controlling the opponent, but on the ball and the game.

We need the ball even to defend; that's our objective: having the ball and having it as far as possible from our goal as possible.

I always try and get as many as touches as I can with the ball because that's the most important thing for me as a player is to feel comfortable in that way.

You will never run more than the ball. The players that don't lose the ball are the most important in the team, and good players decide the game.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

We know it's impossible sometimes to have good defending against Cristiano Ronaldo but we want to keep the ball, with good possession, as then he can do nothing in attack.

My teams have always been dominant about having the ball but having the ball to create opportunities. That's always been the clear way of my work.

Keeping up your concentration is one of the hardest tasks when you're a centre-back because a team like Bayern tend to dominate and can give you sense of false security.

As a wide receiver, you don't want to feel that the quarterback is only going to throw you the ball if you're wide open.