I experienced that the ball is the most important thing. When you have the ball, the other team really can't do anything.
If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.
I played on an all-boys team in the 8th grade, but they wouldnt throw me the ball even though I was on their team. One day I stole the ball from my own teammate and I made a basket. From that point on, everyone yelled Give the ball to the girl! I was the only girl on the whole league!
When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.
Whatever the name of their favorite team or whatever city I'm in, everybody is completely convinced that I hate not any other team, just their team.
You can go bang a ball against a wall all you want, but how do you become a better team player? By playing other team sports.
When the ball is snapped I want to tackle the other guy, the other team is my enemy.
Love me or hate me, it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved, for the exact same reasons.
A team doesn't have the ball for 90 minutes. It is about the recoveries. I do my best to do that and help the team any way I can. If that's a pass, an assist, a tackle or even if it's only running, I do it for the team.
Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.
There is nothing you can be doing in lacrosse on your own in the fall that would be better for you than going to football or soccer practice every day. You can go bang a ball against a wall all you want, but how do you become a better team player? By playing other team sports.
Usually, the team that turns the ball over less will hold on to the ball more
It's always good to contribute to the team's success, be it with the new ball or the old ball.
I hate sports. My reaction to the ball is this [kicks soccer ball] Don't kick it back to me. I don't wanna see it again.
I tell my team: if we win the ball, I want to see the ball in the goal in eight seconds. That's my philosophy.
It's just boring to see a team punt the ball and have the returner fair-catch the ball all the time.