Gautam Gambhir Quotes

A good captain is great only if he has a great team.

It's not a successful captain that makes a successful team.

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

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

It's easy on teams when you have got superstars. I mean, they're really good. And you give them the ball, and you say, 'Make a play.'

People say I'm a natural leader, but I just go out there and do my job and do whatever it takes to win; that's what comes with being a leader, those are the sort of things I've done as I've tried to grow into a leader and I'm just going to continue to do them.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

When building a strong team, you need a strong leader.

A very good leader is someone who has a great team, it's all about the team. You only have 12 hours or 14 hours a day, if the people that are with you are doing a great job, you can have a great business. If not, it's not going to work.

I think all you can worry is that you make the team the very best they can be.

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.

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

I want to feel the team is playing like I want. If not, why am I here?

My job as the associate head coach was to make sure the head coach has everything he needs. That's my job. Whatever he needs me to do and whatever I see fit to do to help the team win.

More often than not as a quarterback, your performance is a reflection of the guys around you. I've been fortunate to be around some pretty good guys.

I've always tried to be a leader.

As a goalkeeper, I needed good players around me. I needed Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney. It's the same as a CEO.