The things I've worked on in the offseason have mostly been on my footwork and pick-and-roll - using my size and not just always trying to face up and go by a guy.
It's true that I went to dance classes as a young boy, and it did improve my feet, but I don't believe that it was solely dancing that helped my footwork.
I'm an orthodox fighter, relaxed, fast, and powerful. And I've got good footwork.
I want to be known to fans and appreciated as a 'boxer-painter' in regards to speed, footwork, punching power - an art form inside the ring.
Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.
Footwork is definitely key for a linebacker. We make our money playing laterally. You've got to be able to move side to side and play sideline to sideline. So doing quick feet drills like ladders and keeping your footwork right is important.
It's not always about reach, it's about footwork, it's being fast, in and out, stuff like that.
Joe Frazier is ugly. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class, he cannot talk.
I used my Karate footwork to control the distance, and I use is as a penetration drill that I do, this is my speciality, the way I penetrate on people, the explosiveness and the timing. It all started with Kyokoshin and Sports Karate.
I've learned new footwork patterns that are very unusual. I've learned how to find a lower centre of gravity, and I've found more angles to throw shots.
Volkanovski is good at things, but he is not great at anything. He doesn't have good footwork or striking, he doesn't finish anyone, and he stalls a lot.
In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.
Adam [Sandler] is a good basketball player, so he is a natural athlete, he worked with Sean Salisbury to make his footwork and delivery smooth, and he did a great job.
Soccer helped especially with my footwork. When I played soccer, I was on offense scoring goals - I didn't pass the ball so much so it probably didn't help much with being a point guard.
Froch is like a train who just comes forward but Groves will move about, fake and feign and his good footwork is a big part of his game.
I don't have the same serve speed as some of the guys, but I have good footwork, and I take the ball early.
There's a lot of things I can get better at as far as my footwork, being quicker, getting in and out of the hole, getting north and south.
Even as a coach, sometimes you forget the little intricacies of the offense, the details of the routes, the timing of the footwork, and the timing of the offensive tackles with the different sets that they have.
With any player, especially at quarterback, I don't care if you're talking Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or Drew Brees: you want to make sure to continue to hammer down the fundamentals, and it all starts with your feet. Everything starts with footwork.
At 15 I was very clumsy, big feet and my footwork wasn't great. I was definitely not quick.
We were tap-dancers but we put more style into it, more bodywork, instead of just footwork.
I didn't study dance. I had some ballet lessons because I needed it for posture and for my arms, mostly. My skating coach said I really needed it, from the belly button up, as opposed to the footwork. In skating, the shoes don't move.
Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player
Daisuke Takahashi has really good footwork.
I'm from Chicago, so you know we come from juking and footwork.
When I'm disciplined with my drop and my footwork, I usually throw it pretty good. And when I'm a little bit off, or a little careless in that manner and not dead on to where I'm supposed to be, I'm not as good. So that's one thing - just being disciplined in my drops and my footwork.
There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
I've got really good footwork and fast hands myself. I can set traps too.
I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.
I accept MMA, I appreciate MMA, I even get techniques from MMA, surprisingly, like footwork techniques and how I move. It's different and unorthodox to what boxers are normally used to.
Rampage's footwork is atrocious. His boxing is slipping. He doesn't take the fight game seriously.
Once I got to college, I didn't know defensive rotations; my footwork was sloppy. I used to travel every other play.
I'm athletic enough to do guard stuff, so if you were to mold me into having guard moves and footwork in a big's body, that's revolutionizing the game.
I'm big. I'm strong. I'm fast. I have the hips. I have the footwork. I'm always trying to perfect my craft, and at the end of the day, I'm just a competitor.
MMA embodies a lot of disciplines of sports with footwork and with football, especially with the punching technique you get the hand and eye coordination.
You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.
All the great naturalists have been habitual walkers, for no laboratory, no book, car, train or plane takes the place of honest footwork for this calling, be it amateur's or professional's.
A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion.
Basketball also helps you learn to move your feet by playing defense and guarding guys, and that all carries over to playing football with staying square and having good footwork.
Footwork isn't something you hear people talk about too much but it's something as fighters we have to be able to utilize.
I'm a lot more comfortable in the ring. I'm comfortable catching punches, and defensively, I feel like I've improved a lot. I am banking on my athleticism. I've worked hard on my footwork.
When you have an audience standing and screaming the entire way through the short program and cheering every element you do, whether it's footwork, or spin, or a jump, to have that kind of emotion coming at you from every direction in the building, it's the most amazing sensation you can get as a sportsman.
I have great artistry, I can spin well, I have good footwork, and I can jump. I can do the quad jump, and I've done it multiple times in competition. It's definitely a jump that I have in my arsenal. I like to think of myself as the complete skater.
I dazzle you with that footwork.
I've been working on my footwork a lot.
Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass
I've worked very hard on improving my speed and my footwork, and I've implemented a lot of specific training to try to fill that hole in my game.
I used to break dance. I can do some good James Brown footwork. But now I think I've danced too much. My girlfriend made fun of me: 'Enough with the dancing.'
And since my father started training me, he always explained to me how important footwork is and how strong your legs have to be.
I believe I'm better than everybody when it comes to footwork, timing, reflexes, defense, you name it.
I have the skills to box and not get into a war. I've been getting punishment I shouldn't be taking because, sometimes, I'm too brave for my own good. When I've got good footwork and movement, I should use them.
At some point, the power side of the game has to peak, players can't get much bigger. Guys will be doing more footwork and explosive-speed stuff.
My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
Somebody is going to have to do fancy footwork to make sure Elizabeth and John Edwards get their prime-time shot .
I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word 'understanding.'
Kobe's footwork I'm a huge fan of because he prides himself on that and I feel like that's an important piece to the game - having the proper footwork and the strength, and just knowing where you are on the floor by just looking at the floor.
Obviously, you look at footwork and things of that nature, but that's not just at my position. That's from everyone.
I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding."
Footwork is the biggest element to any quarterback game because if it's off, it will mess with your mechanics.
There's a little wire work, which is so much fun. You can fly, it's amazing. But I've had to mostly just sort of kung fu, you know, ground work. Footwork and stuff like that.
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