Glenn McGrath Quotes

If a player fails to perform in four or five consecutive matches, he should be dropped irrespective of whether he is a senior or a junior player.

I'm a good listener, and I take into consideration everything people tell me, but at the same time, I believe my eyes as well as the experience I had as a player. So players who underperform? There has to be a reason why... my job is for them to perform.

Endorsements are a reward for good performance on the field, and the commitments made after signing them need to be done.

You're not going to put up good numbers every year.

If somebody comes out and has a poor game, it doesn't mean they're getting cut.

I think it is a good thing for Indian cricket that there is so much competition for opening slot. Players put in more effort because you can be kicked out if you don't play well and make mistakes. I take it positively and try to ensure that I give my best.

If people want to criticize a performance, that I understand. I think that's important.

I live or die by how well I act.

Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way.

My liking for a team isn't based on just how good it was, but how good was it in relation to how good it should have been.

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

Whenever you name a team and whenever you pick a squad, that is when you have to make the most difficult calls. To tell a player, 'I'm not selecting you, and these are the reasons why...' it's tough.

We will give importance to performance while choosing officials.

When a player deserves to play, with me, he'll play.

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

I think what we've tried to preach to our players is we're going to let the best players play.

Sometimes, it is logical that by analysing a player, one thinks it is better to play him in one place or another, but then, if he is good, you can be more flexible.

If you hit .200 and you win or .300 and you win, it's all the same. Just so you win.

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.

The best players must play - it does not matter whether they are old or young.

Competition means the best player will play.

It is always a good thing that whoever is getting a chance in the playing XI has been performing well.

I want to widen the pool. In the past, England players have maybe had the comfort of knowing what the next squad is going to be before it's announced, but I'd like there to be more uncertainty. More competition for places means the standard goes up.