Off the ball, I think he knows what to do now, which is a big step forward.

He couldn't keep his eyes off the blue and white ball.

If you take your eye off the ball for a second, you're lost.

"I probably took my eye off the ball a little too early."

"He did a great job both on and off the ball."

"The ones who can take their eye off the ball are the real experts."

I don't think that's taking your eye off the ball.

And social work has been put on notice not to take its eye off the ball.

He made some great plays off the ball, things that you really don't see.

"When it came I had taken my eye off the ball."