A Quote by Phil Jones

Own goals happen to the best of players. — © Phil Jones
Own goals happen to the best of players.
What you want to do with your best players is, it doesn't matter how many goals and assists they get, but when they get goals and assists. The best players get them at the most important times, and that's when we need those guys to come through.
I look for players who do not just score goals but provide an attacking point, linking with other players and able to see the third man as well. Van Persie is one of the best strikers around at that.
It's one of my goals to play in the best leagues and against the best players.
At the same time the players around me almost make it an automatism to score goals. We have so much quality and speed on the pitch - the genius of players like Mario Gotze or Marco Reus has to lead to goals.
Of course, the attacking players get the attention because they score the goals, score nice goals, and those are the moments that remain in memory. But I wish that other players who are not in the foreground, who still perform well for their club or association, get more recognition.
I have tried to convince the players that if we work on certain things in training, they will happen in games and we will score goals from them.
That's what the big players get recognised for, scoring goals or creating goals.
I have my own goals in my head in terms of things that would be great to happen.
Marta is one of my favourite players, and one of the best players I've had the privilege of coming up against, so I say this with the greatest respect: there are other players who were in a much stronger position to be named the best female player of 2018.
Bad things can happen even to the best players.
If the spectators demand from the players that they do their utmost and score goals, the players shouldn't question this.
As a striker, people look at the goals you score. But for me, my game is more than just about goals, it is how you link with other players.
If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along the way. If we do not consciously select our goals, we may be controlled by goals not of our own choosing - goals imposed by outside pressures (such as the expectations of others) or by our habits (such as procrastination) or by our desire for the approval of the world.
A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared
Everyone talks about the forwards, the players when they are scoring goals. But sometimes I look for the complete player not just the players who score but those who can pass.
We can't score goals, we can't stop goals, we aren't hitting, we can't play on special teams... we all stink. We can try to improve but to do so we will need to make trades. And who would want our players that are underachieving?
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