Oh, yeah - I could see myself as a catch and shooter, come off curls and shooting. I really feel good about shooting the ball.
My thing is that if you love the sport, appreciate the sport as a whole. If you love the sport, you love the slick boxer; you love the guy who can box and punch. You love the brawler.
At my height, I've got to be fast.
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
I've got a good first step and things of that nature. So it's just about using your body to make the defense play at your tempo and react to you.
I want to improve my shooting, my free throw shooting, keeping my turnovers down.
I found boxing so, so easy with incredible power, speed, and accuracy.
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.
Let me tell you what it is like playing against Messi. You are up against a footballer who can take the ball either side of you, and you have no idea which side that might be from any hint about his body-shape.
I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards.
A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It's played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player's control.
A jab is established through timing and that's how I take it. Cause I have a 76-inch reach but I'm not worried about range. I'm looking to establish that timing so I can see when that chin is available or I see that the nose is available, I can pop it.
In soccer, you have to be sly.
I'm a shotblocker and I want to get everything.
I'm a really fast runner. No one can catch me - I'm quick.
I always dribble for a reason, and I always head for the goal.
Personally, I always try to focus on the little things in my game. As a defender and attacking outside back, I continuously work on completing passes, not being too predictable going forward into the attack, good services into the box, good positioning and footwork.
Peter Parker can't dance. He can flip and climb up walls and do backflips, but he definitely can't dance.
I tap dance.
I think, as a fighter, I kept improving. My movements improved, my accuracy improved.
I'm not the strongest, I'm not the fastest, I can't jump the highest, so for me, it's doing it in other ways: changing paces, using your body to get open, knowing your defender. A lot goes into it. You have to study the game.
I believe I'm better than everybody when it comes to footwork, timing, reflexes, defense, you name it.
I loved dance, but tennis felt more natural to me. Dance did help with my rhythm and balance.
I wasn't the most technical player. But I was fast, and if I push the ball past a player, I can get there. Everyone always made fun of me in a good way for that.
I do a lot of kicking practice and passing, and it has made a massive difference.
