Basics Quote by Raheem Sterling

I sat down with my agent and went through my youth-team video footage. I saw that when I started, I'd get on the ball…

— Raheem Sterling

If you have got pace and awareness of where you want the ball and where you want to go yourself, you are getting in…

— Kasper Schmeichel

When we have to defend, I just try to recover the ball for the team because it's important, but I always try to go…

— N'Golo Kante

Sometimes you can get sloppy and control the ball right at your feet, and that gives the defenders a chance.

— Raheem Sterling

You've got to try to guard, make an effort to defend to the best of your ability. You have to rebound the ball, which…

— Larry Brown

To be useful in defence, to win back the ball, you don't always have to go sliding into the tackle. It's also about your…

— Andrea Pirlo

Holding the ball in your hand is creating opportunities for other players. That's what I want to do, that's what I want to get…

— Jonas Valanciunas

In my day, defenders played you with two hands and an elbow. You're not getting by a guy, especially if he has an elbow…

— Clyde Drexler

Defenders tend to leave me open on the elbow and when I step out, so it was only the smart thing to do to…

— Brittney Griner

Every time, I just try to take advantage of my opportunities, try to take advantage of my role within the offense and maximize my…

— Mark Ingram II

With the ball in your hands as the point guard, you want to be able to control the game and take care of it.

— Rajon Rondo

If you're guarded, you drive the ball or move the ball and make a quick decision, and help someone else.

— Tom Thibodeau