Motivation Quote by Alan Hansen

That last clause is the giveaway: the real compliment isn’t the finishing, it’s the psychology. When Alan Hansen says, “He’s sharp, he can score and he doesn’t worry about missing,” he’s sketching an attacker built for the moments that make most players shrink. “Sharp” is the quickness of mind and body: first touch, early decision, the little half-yard of separation that turns a nothing chance into a shot. “He can score” is the baseline requirement. The third beat is the separator, and Hansen knows it from a defender’s angle: fear is readable.

Strikers who “worry about missing” telegraph themselves. They take the extra touch, look for the perfect angle, or pass responsibility away. Defenders love that hesitation; it lets them set their feet, narrow the goal, and turn pressure into paralysis. Hansen’s line flips the logic. A forward who treats misses as the price of entry keeps shooting, keeps forcing reactions, keeps making the game happen. That’s not recklessness; it’s repeatable confidence, the kind that survives a bad run without turning into a crisis.

The subtext is also about professionalism in a sport that publicly grades you on outcomes. Goals get replayed, misses get mocked, and the crowd turns probability into morality. Hansen’s praise pushes back: elite scoring isn’t just technique, it’s a refusal to negotiate with embarrassment. The best finishers aren’t perfect. They’re unbothered enough to be persistent.