Isaiah Thomas Quotes

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.

On the pitch, I argue, I shout, I talk rubbish and generally do anything I can to get ahead.

In this league you might have a quarterback within your division that you're worried about running all over the place, the next week it's a running back, so to be able to have multiple answers for every situation is probably a benefit for everybody.

When I am on the pitch, I play on intuition, but I think a lot about the game as well.

I'll be in a cadence, and I'll start to see one thing that a defense is starting to do, I'm like, 'I saw that two months ago on film.' And then that triggers whatever call you need to make.

You mostly defend with your head, always reacting to the movement of opponents and teammates. I had to become more aware of that, play with much more consideration, the way you drive a car: you always need to look left, right, and the rear mirror to see what's going on around you.

It is good to play strong teams.

I have the mindset of a coach. I have to think, what would a coach think? How would a coach feel if I'm playing a guy a certain way?

Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.

Knowing your opponent is fundamental. Because then you can know their characteristics better.

By relying on my experience as a player, I hope to one day perform as a coach.

Football is a game, and people have to be cunning.

Football is not an exact science, but it is about chemistry: Ronaldo and Mandzukic, when they are together, have an excellent understanding.

Before I was a manager, I was a player for 11 years.

To be a great NFL player, you have to know what your opponent is doing, not just opposite your position but what they're doing all over the field. All the contingencies.

I look at the quarterback and the receivers. You look at the quarterback, the formation. I focus on the passing game and react on the running game. You look at it over and over, then sooner or later, it becomes like a movie. You ever notice how you quote movies? That's all film watching is.

I think it would be great to start a Super Bowl off with, 'The players are ready, the field is ready, let's get ready to rumble.'

I think once I see everybody and go through every team and their pitchers, I'll get an idea of what they like to do. And they'll see what I like to do and swing at. I think there's always something you've got to adjust to.

You need to be aware of the qualities of every striker you face, as I always am, but sometimes you need to be smart and more than 100% ready for anything.

When I'm training, I cater a little bit to my opponents.

There's plenty of times in my life I've coached against my brother, coached against people I've coached with.

Great games are played, not made.

The interesting thing about football is that football is the only sport where you quit playing when you get a lead.

In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others.

We need to play between the whistles. That's what tough competitors do. They don't run their mouth.