Gautam Gambhir Quotes

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

A quarterback has got to take control and I feel like I've done a good job with that. Not just what we're doing offensively, but in the locker room getting to know guys and hanging out with guys. All of that is going to make you a better team.

It's in my head that I am a leader, and captaining Monchengladbach was very good for me.

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

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

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 am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.

Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'

Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization.

MS has always been a bowler's captain.

We've seen guys in the sport, like Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, who have actually benefited from the captaincy.

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

T-Lue is as bright as they come. He's incredible at making adjustments, holding guys accountable, relating.

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

I've enjoyed the captaincy when I've done it at Middlesex and with England.

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.

As captain, you take a little bit more on board than probably just being a player.

The quarterback position is a role of leadership, and I feel just who I am as a person, I bring different types of leadership to the table.

LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.

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

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