Eran Zahavi Quotes

Whenever I have played a game of cricket, whether it is under-16, under-19, or State level, my approach has been the same.

The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.

I played with the youth national team, I played in some CONCACAF games, and it's always physical; it's always intense.

There's always competition in the national team.

As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.

I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm not doing things right out there on the field, I feel I can be covered by anyone.

The aim is to be the best for Pakistan across all formats.

The Under-21s was a good experience for me and one I will take into the Euros.

Being part of the national Test set-up is an experience I enjoyed. I learnt by watching the players prepare for matches.

Ronaldo certainly scores goals, but I do too. He certainly scores more than I do, but we don't have the same style.

The art of coaching is to give a player freedom to bring out his talent. It is the player's responsibility for what happens once they are on the pitch.

As I get better competition, I guarantee that more finishes are gonna come, because I'll really get to use more of my skill, rather than me knowing that I'm so much better than the guy.

Being able to play at club level at a high level and then getting called into the national team, it's amazing.

I have always wanted to play with top players and ICL has some of the best domestic players and the competition should be exciting.

In a World Cup, the girls at Lyon are probably the ones that are going to change the games, and I know them inside out.

My game has really picked up in the NBA.

At Lyon, there's 20 other superstars there - I'm not the best player there. I'm not the best player at England.

To have healthy competitions among players for places in the team is good for Indian cricket and the game in general.

I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.

I think sometimes players must have a wake-up call before they realise they are back in African football.

In 2008, I moved to Lyon, one of France's top clubs. I had some very strong team mates, and I proved to be at their level. I began training very hard and always respecting my coach's advice.

If you know my kind of football, you will know I'm about training sessions, working on habits. If you have the chance to do that, okay. If you don't though, it's not so easy to change something about the team.