Alan Ball Quotes

I've been the captain at Ajax and once for the national team - it's nice and makes you an important player.

I'd be proud to be one of Barcelona's captains, but for me, it's not that important.

It's obviously a massive honour to captain your country.

Getting the opportunity to captain England is a huge honour - even if it's only the once you can still say 'yeah, I've captained England.'

I'm really enjoying my time at Tottenham - it's a great feeling to be the captain too. I think I can be proud of that.

It's a great feeling to be captaining the Sunrisers team. It's really an honour for me, and I am looking forward to do the job.

It's definitely the biggest honour to captain your country at a World Cup. Only three others have done it before me so it's obviously massive. I enjoyed every minute of it.

It's an immense pride for me to be captain of the national team.

The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

Despite what some people think, I never asked to leave. I'd just been made captain of Leeds which in my eyes is a big, big deal.

Becoming World Cup captain, I can't express in words the feeling and thanks to everyone.

Of course, there is no greater honour than to captain your own country.

It was a bit of a surprise when the national captaincy came my way.

My role is the same with or without the armband.

All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.

I got to experience being captain in the World Cup. For me, that was something special, and I'll always kind of remember, but it's never been a big thing for me to be captain.

As a captain, I just want to lead the team properly.

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 have been hugely proud in terms of what I have achieved, in terms of over 60 caps, and I have captained my country on a few occasions which has been a huge honour and something I have been really proud of in my career.

If you are captain of a great team like Paris St-Germain there are lots of players like Zlatan, players who are known by everybody. So to be captain of that team gives you respect and, in football, respect is very important.

I would love to get bumped up to be team captain, or even Asuka. Either-or. We can even be co-captains.

I have been massively proud to have played for and, indeed, captain my country on the cricket field.

Being captain of the national team is definitely something you can feel.

I am very happy with it, it is a great honour to be the captain of your country.

I'm sure the mantelpiece of captaincy will suit Wayne.