Match Experience Quotes

If you have the quality, you can only improve as a young player through match practice. That seems obvious, and it's proven to be true in my case.

To go and watch Manchester United, whether it's home or away, is entertainment; it's goals - whether you concede goals or whether you can score goals.

We're doing a lot of work in schools getting girls to play football, breaking down any taboos there might be, and we're seeing them get interested and bring their families along, where they have such a good match day experience that they're coming back.

I was a little nervous at my first match, but I think I did OK. I went home after the match and watched the tape of it over and over. I wanted to do it again.

Some people come to Old Trafford and can't spell football, let alone understand it. They have a few drinks and a prawn sandwich but don't realise what's happening on the pitch

I thought I did well for someone who has been out for 10 or 11 months. Then I was sub against Liverpool and tried to play for the guys and work on my fitness.

When you don't play those big matches for a few years, it's tough to play back-to-back after that.

You gain know-how from playing matches because every moment of a football match has its own rhythm.

It's always good to learn from every match.

The first league game always feels different from the pre-season friendlies.

Confidence, you have to build it when you play some matches.

I'm happy I was able to stick through it and was being very disciplined with what I had to do, because I know eventually hard work will pay off. It's only a matter of now just trying to make sure I get matches under my belt and I feel more and more comfortable playing matches.

My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches.

I know you are reporters and I know this is your job, but, you know, take your note pads, take your pencils down, take your grunt-o-meters down, the fashion police, put everything away and just watch the match, you know, from just the fans' perspective. I seriously think that the quality of the match today was great.

Sometimes you go through a few tournaments without having a five-setter.

The fans can bring a better match by getting more involved. So when a match is over, they might be talking about how good the match was, but little do they know, that great match was elevated because of them.

I love playing for Liverpool FC. The fans are excellent and fantastic in how they support us all the way. They support us throughout the games, and the work they do during the match is beautiful.

Before you lay a foundation on the cricket field, there should be a solid foundation in your heart and you start building on that. After that as you start playing more and more matches, you learn how to score runs and how to take wickets.

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

I have played some good matches against Rafa on clay.

I remember playing one of our first matches in Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, and I remember that feeling of just being in that iconic venue.

When I was at MK Dons, I played all the games in centre midfield, so it's not like it's new to me.

It's obviously important for the English national team if you have a lot of players playing big matches. You are more mature and know how to cope.

I felt like I evolved into a great singles wrestler in ECW because of the opportunities to speak and wrestle longer matches.

In the IPL, I learnt from Dale Steyn. Our bowling styles are quite different, but he is a great bowler, and you can always pick something from the way he bowls. He has given me a lot of tips during matches, which I have tried in my bowling.