Steph Houghton Quotes

When you play quarterback and the offense doesn't play well, a lot of that is because of the quarterback. You're going to receive the criticism.

From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.

When you look at myself, I'm a coach, and that's what it's all about. When you're a player, you get criticized, and when you're a coach, you get criticized even more because it's about wins and losses.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

Captains are always criticised.

When things go well, the quarterback is the one who sees all the attention. When things go wrong, they are the ones who get criticized the most.

You will always be judged as a Liverpool player but, as a captain, you will be judged on what you win, basically. If you're doing well, and the team is winning everything, you become a very good captain.

I think a lot of the time, when things were going wrong, I would get blamed for things because I was the point guard.

When you play quarterback in the NFL, you're going to get scrutinized.

I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.

I just meant as far as coming to the games on time; it was just like I was under the microscope, every little thing, it was like they were looking for me to come in here with my shoes untied.

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.

When you play cricket for India, you are always under the scanner. You are always judged by others; you have to live up to it all.

I am a marquee player and certainly that means a lot of responsibility.

Anytime you're playing with a team that's losing, the main guy is going to take a lot of the heat.

Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.

We show a player every good thing he does for the team, but if he makes a bad thing for the team, he will also hear about that, in front of the other players.

If you do not play well, it is normal that they criticise you. But criticism is part of the game, so you accept it.

I never knew a manager that didn't have pressure.

It is important for me, no matter whether I lead or not, that I continue my form even in the World Cup. It is important that you get runs because people look up to you, and the team also expects you to get runs being a senior member of the side.

I think the toughest job in football is always to be the starter, because everybody looks to you for guidance.

I find it scary when people talk about me as a future leader. It's like putting a big target on your back.