Jesus Navas Quotes

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

I don't think the physical part of English football would be a problem. When you get the ball, you need to be ready. The defenders here are very tough. I like that.

I believe my strengths are my pace and reading of the game.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

The sport of soccer in general is very combative. People don't realize it's very one-on-one a lot of times.

The game of football requires attention constantly. If you miss one play, you can miss a lot of action - unlike some other sports.

In soccer, you have to be sly.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

I just want to show my speed and my skills as a left back and it's a position where I can go forward and come back as well and help the team both defending and attacking.

I don't take the ball in the middle of the pitch and dribble past six guys.

The game was different then, when I used to play. The ball ran more than the players and to some extent there was greater technical skill.

Ligue 1 is a very physical league. In each team, there are very fast players, dangerous wide men with plenty of speed and endurance.

Football is a very instinctual game, and it's very fast-paced.

I've always been a player on the move. It's not because I like running. I like getting the ball.

English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

I'm working on my final ball, my precision in front of goal, my one-on-one attacking ability, just new ways to beat defenders and help my team.

Growing up I've been playing as an attacking midfielder, more central in the midfield. I wouldn't say if I'm most comfortable there but that's where I grew up playing.

Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass.