Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

In the IPL, you are often single-handedly responsible for the fortunes of your team. It makes you more responsible as a player.

As a captain and as a player I wanted to lead the team well and score runs, because I know the team still depends on me very much.

Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.

I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

Being a leader requires being confident enough in your own decisions and those of your team to own them when they fail. The very best leaders take the blame but share the credit.

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.

No doubt, if you go through records, Dhoni is India's best captain to date. Beating Sourav Ganguly, he won the Tests, ODIs, and T20s, won both the World Cups. Nobody can deny that, but to give credit to a single person is not good; others should also get credit for winning the Cups.

Irrespective of whether Anil Kumble is the coach or Ravi Shastri, what's more important is that India wins.

To say that the captain makes the team lose or win is not correct.

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 made it pretty clear that if I'm captain, the best team has to play.

My individual role is to take the innings as deep as I can and perform in a way that benefits the team most.

When a woman on your team or in your network comes up with an idea, make sure she gets credit for it.

A good captain is great only if he has a great team.

I'm very happy to shoulder the responsibility for my football team.

As long as my guys are out there and doing what I'm asking, and they're giving their best, I don't think anybody can ask for much more than that.

I probably won't coach again. I really know what it takes to coach... the time necessary, the emotion... to do it correctly. Unless I was 100 percent sure I wanted to commit, I don't think you're being fair to anybody.

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

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.

My job as the associate head coach was to make sure the head coach has everything he needs. That's my job. Whatever he needs me to do and whatever I see fit to do to help the team win.

It's the life of the manager: when you make a decision, and the team doesn't win, the pressure comes. But that's part of the life of a manager and footballers as well.

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.

If I lose the ball I cause the team a problem. I am here to provide solutions.