Ball Quote by Steph Houghton

I used to practise my free-kicks a lot.

— Roberto Carlos

Everybody watches free-kicks, and when you watch them, you enjoy them. You have got to learn how to shoot and connect with the ball…

— Memphis Depay

A free-kick is a very tough technique and it's something I've always worked on.

— Mason Mount

To practise saving free-kicks you want a great free-kick taker.

— David James

One of my coaches encouraged me to try it. In the beginning, I didn't want to take any free-kicks but he pushed me to…

— Ederson

Let's be honest: doesn't everyone look at Ronaldo's free kicks? I've looked at a lot of his technique, but I do it in my…

— Memphis Depay

I learned early that it's very important to approach every single kick you attempt, even those in practice, as if it were in a…

— Adam Vinatieri

I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came…

— Andrea Pirlo

I have always believed I have the potential to kick as long as I want to kick.

— Sebastian Janikowski

You should be relaxed before taking the free kick. You should have confidence in your ability and happiness that you are going to score…

— Roberto Carlos

Coaches would have me in the gym do 1,000 kicks for a practice. I would do them until everyone was gone, until I had…

— Cain Velasquez

At the age of five or six I just used to kick the ball with both feet. I wasn't very good to start with…

— Filo Tiatia