Vikram Bhatt Quotes

Every innings is important.

I expect myself to do my job, and that's taking care of the football and converting third downs.

When they come here, what we are looking for them to do is step up to the plate, take responsibility and get the big innings, the centuries - or take a lead with the ball.

But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.

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

As a quarterback, obviously, you're going to be put in the forefront whether you like it or not, and if you're not then you're not doing your job.

I think when you're doing a lead role, there is so much more pressure. If you fail, not only do you fail, but everybody else fails, too. As opposed to when it's a supporting role and it's only you that sucked.

My mind became so frazzled by the end of the 1974 season that I decided the thing to do was give up playing for England and concentrate on Yorkshire. I felt the only way to succeed was to captain and play every match for Yorkshire.

I have always said that managers stay in a job when they win football matches.

When I get on the pitch I have to make sure I am getting hundreds and taking six-fors.

I've always said it's just a game of cricket. The only pressure I get is when I feel I've let the team down.

As a team, you try to win - you try to push in as many overs you can - but that's how it's played.

I try to make runs, keep the scoreboard moving. That keeps my confidence up.

You don't have time to think about things that aren't as important as football and the points that are at stake in the games that we have to win and do well in.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

It was a big surprise for me when they asked me to bat at three. That is a big thing. I was focussed on playing the situation. You need to be open anyway if you are playing for a team like India.

I just enjoy batting, scoring runs, and contributing for my team.

Whenever you play football, you will always have something to prove.

For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.

You kind of live and die by the serve.

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.

The bottom line is that it's the NFL, and there's going to be competition wherever you go. That's the way I look at it. I've had competition in high school. I've had competition in college, and that's part of the game. That's part of how you improve as a quarterback.

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there.