A Quote by Franz Beckenbauer

Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances

Franz Beckenbauer

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Chances Means Nothing Opponent Possession Takes

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Franz Beckenbauer
German - Athlete
Born: September 11, 1945

There's no use to have 70 percent possession if the opponent is creating more chances than you are.

Frank de Boer

Known as a negative player, Karpov sets up deep traps and creates moves that seem to allow his opponent possibilities - but that really don't. He takes no chances, and he gives his opponents nothing. He's a trench-warfare fighter who keeps the game moving just an inch at a time.

Bruce Pandolfini

You will not create a lot of chances in every game, but if you stop the opponent getting chances, you will win more.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Where the opponent is in the rankings means nothing.

Amanda Nunes

Our style of play is increasingly based on possession of the ball. It suits me as a forward. We've got an attacking approach, and that means that I get a lot of chances; otherwise, I would have not been able to score so many goals.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

We all have to learn, in one way or another, that neither men nor boys get second chances in this world. We all get new chances to the end of our lives, but not second chances in the same set of circumstances; and the great difference between one person and another is how he takes hold and uses his first chance, and how he takes his fall if it is scored against him.

Thomas Hughes

If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.

Charles Lindbergh

Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.

Candace Bushnell

When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.

Louis van Gaal

I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished if we don't take any chances at all.

Charles Lindbergh

Tennis is like, it gives you a lot of chances, but if you don't take those chances, it takes a lot of chances away from you. It's just the scoring pattern. We cannot dwell over a loss or a win for very long. We have no time to celebrate; we have no time to dwell; we have to move on. Wake up the next day and try and win the match.

Sania Mirza

To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing.

John of the Cross

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

Friedrich Nietzsche

When you have the chance to finish off your opponent, you must do it. You shouldn't give them chances to come back.

Gerardo Martino

Beauty has nothing to do with possession. If possession and beauty must go together, then we are lost souls. A beautiful flower is not to be possessed, it's there to be beheld. ? It's there for your pleasure.