To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as best you can... On third down and short yardage, the Raiders don't jump offside. That's discipline - not a coat and tie, not a clean shave.
In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.
When you go out on a football field, you are responsible for taking care of yourself. The more rules you get, the less players truly take care of themselves.
Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.
I've been through a lot off the field. I think that kind of translates onto the field. Football serves for a lot of life lessons, and so it allows me to stay humble and continue to work.
A couple of games, I played up front when Diego Costa was not there. We know to create movement - not even to get the ball, but create space for others. Now I understand football is not always with the ball at my feet.
As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.
I had discipline in other areas but certainly not in athletics.
In football, you're hitting, so you might as well hit in practice.