A Quote by Ashley Young

As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it. — © Ashley Young
As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.
That's the great thing with Lyon: we are such a competitive group of players, but we know each other so well, so what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.
You do see very few English players going abroad and those that do are largely good players otherwise they wouldn't have gone, but I feel a lot of their downfall is in the language. On the pitch you can learn the different basics of 'left,' 'right' and 'behind you' but off the pitch you want to have that influence around the team.
I know not to let myself get distracted and to concentrate on what happens on the pitch.
I think you need to know how to seperate what happens on the pitch from off-the-pitch matters.
On the pitch, I have always had that responsibility to lead the team. But, of course, when you are captain, players, especially the young ones, they look at you more for the things you do on and off the pitch. But I have always been a very calm person.
What happens on the pitch stays on it. Off it you have to let it go.
As a goalkeeper, I talk a lot to my fellow players on and off the pitch.
Whatever is going on off the pitch, players relish playing football.
If players are pleased to come off the pitch, that says they are not interested and don't want to be on there.
My job is to focus on the pitch, what happens off it is something for my agent.
I don't have to get a pitch down the middle. If I like the pitch-even if it's 15 inches off the plate, and that's the pitch I wanted-I'm swinging.
What I love about England is that the fans have great respect for the players on and off the pitch.
In reality, rugby is finite and unpredictable, so players need to have skills off the pitch too.
I love showing off my skills on the pitch. You can make opposing players look stupid.
Players earn their wages, their livelihoods, and their right to compete to win things out on the pitch and not off it.
I believe that I am a different person off the pitch than I am on it. On the pitch, I am a bit louder, and off the pitch, I am quieter.
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