Prithvi Shaw Quotes

I think, in football, you need to be competitive. You need quality. You need to be organised and to push.

Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

I'm not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player's ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence... I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.

The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.

I'd like to teach my players how to play and not just run plays.

MS has always been a bowler's captain.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

The competitor in me wants to play, but it's not my job to make that decision. That's what the coaches are paid for.

Football is all about self-confidence.

When I first became captain the job was new and refreshing and didn't affect my batting. I was still in the same mental pattern I had had for 10 years; batting came first and captaincy fitted in with that.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

I have a lot of empathy for quarterbacks.

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.

In a way, the manager plays as big part, but you, as a player, are on the pitch. He cannot make you run if you don't want to; he cannot make you make the right decision in the heat of the moment.

This game is not only about putting the ball in the basket. It's the behavior, discipline, approach, preparation. Play with purpose and lead with purpose.

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

There's not much simplifying. You gotta know what you gotta know. That's how the quarterback position is, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.

I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the cricket field. It's very easy to captain people on the cricket field, but if you can start leading them off the cricket field, and show them that trust, what you have in them.

When I'm on the court, I'm a follower.

But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.

You must relate athletic experiences to life.