Mauricio Pochettino Quotes

My role is the same with or without the armband.

All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.

I'm ready to accept the pressures of captaincy.

But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

Being the main guy for three or four years, I understood what it took to be the leader.

As captain I enjoy the responsibility. Even when I didn't have the armband I was doing a lot outwith the club so it has been an easy transition.

Responsibility makes a player better. I was made the captain of Maharashtra senior team when I was 16 or 17. I know how to take the team forward. I had been through the responsibilities.

As captain, you take a little bit more on board than probably just being a player.

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

I was captain of Wales; I've been captain of numerous football clubs.

It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.

You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.

Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.

My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

I have to give him and I have to have 100 percent of his confidence…. If I do not have his confidence, someone else should be chief of staff.

As a company commander you have absolute definitions: the mission, the people.

There's a lot of sacrifices you have to make to be the boss.

My job is to help Virat in the field. He is the captain, and whenever he looks up around, I should be around to complement him and help him as much as I could.

I'd be proud to be one of Barcelona's captains, but for me, it's not that important.