AB de Villiers Quotes

The main thing about being captain is keeping your own performance good, and then everything else should fall into place off the back of that.

When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.

As a captain and as a player I wanted to lead the team well and score runs, because I know the team still depends on me very much.

It is important to have leadership groups, but at the end of the day I need to be taking the call because I'm responsible for the team and I should know exactly what I'm doing and I believe in that.

As a captain, I am concerned about my team and how I perform. I have hopes from my own self and very high hopes from my team members.

When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves.

I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.

In the IPL, you are often single-handedly responsible for the fortunes of your team. It makes you more responsible as a player.

You have got to boss scrums. The players need to know what you want them to adhere to. Then it is up to them to decide whether they are adhering to that or not.

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

I hold head coaches accountable.

I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.

If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'

When I am captaining a side, the way I play would be the way my team plays as well. If I will be joking around all the time, I wouldn't expect people to take me seriously.

A captain shouldn't be chosen on the amount of goals he's going to score.

To say that the captain makes the team lose or win is not correct.

You have to build a team, but someone's got to lead, and someone's got to be unpopular at times.

As a player, I have this feeling - and I think every player thinks this - that I am responsible for how my team-mates feel. I just want to do my best and give 100 per cent, and if I do that, they will feel better and think, 'I will give 100%.'

I made it pretty clear that if I'm captain, the best team has to play.

Anytime you're playing with a team that's losing, the main guy is going to take a lot of the heat.

As players, whenever the manager gets the sack, you have to look in the mirror and say it's not always the manager. It's down to the players.