Eli Manning Quotes

If you're a coach and your team doesn't win, at some point you've got to change the coach.

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.

We all know how management works. If you don't win things, as has happened before, people start to call for your head.

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.

There's always going to be pressure on your place. It's 11 cricketers. There's always going to be other cricketers outside the team doing well.

It is one thing being scrutinised for playing a bad shot as a batsman or bowling a bad spell as a bowler, but the captaincy adds an extra dimension. The criticism is slightly harder to take.

Every first-class season is important; every game is crucial, irrespective of whether you are in the Indian team or not.

I think the fans are going to expect a lot from me, as they should.

If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.

I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.

If you don't perform, and you're part of the team, whether you're playing your first Test or 50th Test match, criticism goes hand in hand, so that's something you can't really get away from. If you don't perform, you will be criticised.

Pressure is always on if you don't perform. There is no question.

It might be okay for somebody else on the roster to sit on the sideline but it's not okay for me to be. I'm the franchise player, I'm the guy on both the microphone and in the ring.

When you win, you are at the top, and when you lose, you are a stupid manager.

They fire coaches before players.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

It is important to challenge your major players. You need to keep them on their toes but there are ways of doing that. Sometimes you have to be a shoulder to cry on. You can't be constantly at them.

I played football because I loved the game - but I didn't enjoy the focus on not making mistakes and the culture being essentially one of blame and a little fear.

I think the NBA just, overall, when you need somebody to blame, the first person that you go to is the coach. But at the end of the day, you need the right players that match each other. Not just the best players. Chemistry helps.

If there's competition in training, then the training is intense, and then you have the pressure of a weekend that if you don't put in good performances, then your place is maybe up for grabs.

It's always about 'what have you done for me lately.' As players we see what is going on.

You can't rest on six months of good performances because as soon as you have a blip, there is always another player to take your place.

When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners

Some people get on better with some than others but what is absolutely crucial is that everyone knows their roles and responsibilities and trust that your team-mate is going to do their best for the team.

People might call me a liar for this, but I want a fast teammate, I think for two reasons: it's always going to get more out of yourself, and it's always going to be a more true evaluation of where you stand.