Mithali Raj Quotes

I think I constantly refer back to some of the things that I learned in New England and throughout my career. It was a great stepping stone, and it also gave me time to mature as a player and as a quarterback.

Any captain will take some time to settle down. Nobody is an outstanding leader straightaway.

A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

This whole thing's about development. Not only are we trying to develop players, we're trying to develop ourselves.

No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.

That was something I probably had to go through, a learning curve in terms of trying to develop into the captain I want to be.

As I've gotten older, I've been given more responsibility. I think I've grown into that.

Bochy is my guy. He raised me in the game; I was 20-years-old and as green as any grapes as you've ever seen on a vine. He took care of me, taught me how to be a professional, and taught me how to get my work done.

Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy.

When you're younger, it's about, 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's, 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way.

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids; rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

I just took the good and the bad from all of the coaches I've been around.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

You always want to improve, learn from the veterans on the team.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

When you have a year of experience and also the experience of playing in the playoffs, it just makes a world of difference.

I'm going to do all I can, control what I can control and I think one thing I can do beyond just playing the best I can is to start really coaching and leading other people so that I can never walk off the field saying, 'Hey, I did my part but so-and-so didn't,' that can't happen.

I learned a lot from the coaches I played for.

As with any skill, you have to work at leadership. Watch how the best do it, review what you've done, and look at what you might do.

Playing one year under Coach K feels like you've played for three years. I learned so much from him; gained a lot of wisdom and knowledge from him.

I'm a guy that a lot of people look up to. I haven't always handled situations the right way. That's why I have to continue to grow and be a better player, a better leader.

Mourinho helped me grow. He taught me to be patient, to keep fighting, and to respect the coach's decisions. He helped me mature and turned me into a man.

Every big moment has stresses and lessons that you take into your managerial career. You can pass it down to the lads who work under you. And everybody knows you handled it.