Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach

Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground, I can use my muscle, but in the air, it's harder to fight that off.

Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis

In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border, everyone talks about the enemy - IS - and the frightening ideas that drive them. No one talks about the Kurdish defenders and what inspires them.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

As a big man you may struggle to get much height when jumping for a ball - but by training with your defender team-mates you can develop a technique for making strong challenges in the air, making defenders uncomfortable and work on taking the ball down.

Aleksandar Mitrovic
Aleksandar Mitrovic

Of course defenders will try to provoke me - that is their job.

Alex Smith
Alex Smith

In the pocket, you do have some protections, but you get out of the pocket, and defenders' eyes get big. Sometimes you learn that the hard way.

Alexandre Lacazette
Alexandre Lacazette

Power is the main difference; it's more powerful in England. Referees are less strict than in France, teams like to play low and in counter-attack, and defenders in general are stronger than in France.

Alexandre Lacazette
Alexandre Lacazette

When you're a striker, you want to play all the games, and most chances come at the end because defenders are tired.

Alexandre Pato
Alexandre Pato

I don't think the physical part of English football would be a problem. When you get the ball, you need to be ready. The defenders here are very tough. I like that.

Chris Harris, Jr.
Chris Harris, Jr.

There's a standard here as you step on the field as a Broncos defender.