Virat Kohli Quotes

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

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.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.

One of the signs of natural leaders of men (and women) was their readiness to take the necessary pains to keep their followers with them.

Being the main guy for three or four years, I understood what it took to be the leader.

As captain I enjoy the responsibility. Even when I didn't have the armband I was doing a lot outwith the club so it has been an easy transition.

We've been working our tail off and lead by that example.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

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

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

Ask not what the role can do for you; ask what you can do for the role.

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power. And I try to model that in all of my interactions.

I don't want the power. When a project is given to me, and I say yes, I'm gonna oblige everybody who has the power to try to make it work.

Every time you play for your country, there is responsibility. But when you are captaining, you can say so; you have to lead from the front and make sure the team follows the direction you want them to.

As a player, I have this feeling - and I think every player thinks this - that I am responsible for how my team-mates feel. I just want to do my best and give 100 per cent, and if I do that, they will feel better and think, 'I will give 100%.'

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.

The coaches can only put us in the right position, but it's up to the players to take the action.

If things are not going well on the field, then it's up to me to lead by example.

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.

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

I bought into everything Coach K preached to us. His whole philosophy.