Gareth Southgate Quotes

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

I love to be directed. They can trust me and go.

When you're the starter, there are certain things that you're able to do as far as leading and stuff like that. So, really having to kind of take a step back in a leadership role I would say is the toughest role for me.

For me, I don't see Madrid in a crisis. And I don't think it's for me to carry the team - there are players who are much more experienced, have more years playing under their belts, and more status than I have, and they're the ones who have to lead the team.

If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time.

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.

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

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

Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

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 knew that to be successful, I had to be more than a scorer. I had to become a leader. It's not about scoring. It's about doing what my team needs me to do.

I love being around my teammates, and I love leading and having responsibility.

The captain tag is something that players vote on, head coaches they give their title to. It requires a player that you think exemplifies leadership.

Not everyone's role model material, but we do have a sense of responsibility because kids listen more to us than they would their parents.

That's part of being a leader, being the guy that people look to and making everybody around you better.

If you can inculcate in your team that every moment means everything, you can then step back to let them lead.

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.

On the pitch, I have always had that responsibility to lead the team. But, of course, when you are captain, players, especially the young ones, they look at you more for the things you do on and off the pitch. But I have always been a very calm person.

I've always tried to be a leader.

It is important to have leadership groups, but at the end of the day I need to be taking the call because I'm responsible for the team and I should know exactly what I'm doing and I believe in that.

I would say I'm not like the loudest guy, but I lead by example, and I just make sure all my teammates are on the same page and that they know that everybody has a job to do.

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.