Michael Carrick Quotes

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

I was captain in Atletico at 19, playing in the same team as Demetrio Albertini, who won three Champions Leagues, and Sergi Barjuan from Barcelona, who had won everything, and they were 32, 33. I was a kid as captain, so I wasn't the real captain, just a kid learning from them.

I look up to people that are much older than me, so being a mentor is a full time job.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.

When you're the younger guy, you're kind of only looking after yourself. Obviously you have to be a bit selfish in terms of what you're doing. But when you're the older guy you have to look out for the younger guys as well. If they're making mistakes, they need help, then you help them.

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.

I am supposed to set an example to young players.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.

Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.

I never really thought about being a role model. I started really young, so at 10 years old, I was still very much the person who needed role models. I wasn't really prepared to be one, but it's always something that I've taken very seriously.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

In life, you'll often find that having influence and providing sound advice is a good thing, even if it attracts criticism or requires some sacrifice.

I don't necessarily have one mentor or 'a' mentor. But I do pull inspiration from people, and that's always kind of served me well.

When I am captaining a side, the way I play would be the way my team plays as well. If I will be joking around all the time, I wouldn't expect people to take me seriously.

My manager has been my manager since I was 17, and he says that he's supposed to be smart for me when I can't do it for myself.

It is important to watch and learn from the seniors in the team.