Connor McDavid Quotes

Foot work, hand-eye coordination. There's a lot of things. If you just watch basketball, you can tell where it would help someone who's receiving the ball.

I worked a lot on my ball-handling and outside shooting during the off season.

I'll carry a ball around with me all day and ask people to try to knock it out of my hand when I least expect it. I'll give them some money and stuff, so people get pretty geeked up about that. It just helps me to take care of the ball without even thinking about it.

You have to create a habit of finding the right positions and knowing where the ball's going to bounce to.

But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

You've got to catch the ball.

Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.

You can never perfect nothing, really, so I need to tighten up my ballhandling, my shooting.

There's not a pill or an injection that's going to give me, going to give any player the hand-eye coordination to hit a baseball.

I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.

I had such a tie with my eyes and my hands. I could look at a telephone pole 40 yards away, take out a 7-iron, and hit it 10 times in a row. I had something special. And somehow, I really understood the game, all without having a lot of guidance.

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.

Your timing has to be very accurate. I've done a lot of wire work before. I can see that experience makes a big difference.

When it comes to basketball you always want to put the ball in the hole. You want to get as consistent and get that muscle memory right and be consistent.

You need guys who can run and throw.

Shooting is a skill you can develop. It's repetition and confidence.

I think the more you practise batting, follow the drills, the better you get.

You can always get better with your ballhandling.

It's just about working on everything, perfecting everything, like my 3-point shot or ball handling.

Over the years, you get better at timing because you've been through the situations thousands of times. The ball goes over your head; he passes you on the right, left. Eventually, you just know what you have to do.

When I used to drop the ball, it was because of concentration, trying to run before I caught the ball.

Even as a kid, I'd kick a tennis ball against a wall with both feet for hours. That was one way to become two-footed.

I catch the ball. You throw the ball, I catch it. You throw it close to me, I catch it. If you make me do something crazy to catch, I still catch it.

I try to pride myself in having really quick feet and being able to set up and throw balls in time.

I feel I can continue to grow as a player. I have a long time to continue to progress with my shooting, continue to keep my ball handling tight, continue to stay in shape. You know, all of it.