Balls Quote by Ranjitsinhji

Centre-backs usually get criticised for clearing the ball long, but it's easier doing this than risking a pass. If you lose the ball at…

— Thiago Silva

There are coaches who put more or less players in front of the ball; when you put lots of players ahead of the ball,…

— Quique Setien

There are times in a game when I'm playing wing-back and I'm looking forward and thinking I can go forward here, but then I…

— Callum Hudson-Odoi

Most guards and forwards don't really know how to play with their back to the hoop. It's more and more an outside game.

— George Mikan

It's kind of a given from the day you start playing football, you can't throw the ball forward past the line of scrimmage -…

— Blake Bortles

You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.

— Irene Rosenfeld

It's really hard to play safety.

— George Kittle

That's the beauty of the play-offs, it's the fear of losing that drives you forwards.

— Robert Snodgrass

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

Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard

— Rick Majerus

If you ask your players to be brave on the ball, sometimes they are going to make mistakes or get caught out.

— Robbie Savage

Sometimes I can be a little bit cautious in keeping the ball, playing a safe pass rather than an adventurous one.

— Jordan Henderson