Brett Favre Quotes

I think I had a lot of impact on every player. Maybe it sounds cocky, but if I don't feel I have an impact or a big impact, I wouldn't be able to be excited about my work every day.

The biggest challenge was becoming a leader and taking our team to the highest level. Feeling the personal responsibility to take the team to the next level. Overcoming fear of inadequacy and never getting down on yourself or doubting who you are.

All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

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

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

When you step on the field, you want to be a starter. You want to be the person everybody looks to and says, 'If we need a play to be made, let's go to him.'

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 always thought that I played better when I was the captain. If you look at my record during the six years I was captain - except for a couple of series - I did very well.

Being a role model is a little bit of pressure on me, but I know that people will support me either way which is a good feeling.

It's easy on teams when you have got superstars. I mean, they're really good. And you give them the ball, and you say, 'Make a play.'

When the locker room needing shaking up, I did it. I remained myself, a leader, until the end.

That's what I love the most about being a quarterback. Everybody looks to you to make a play. They look to you to say something that's going to spark the team. I take full pride in that every single day.

I hope my role is an important one at Roma.

I'm ready to accept the pressures of captaincy.

I'm definitely used to being the centerpiece of a team.

I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.

You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Every day I've got to get up and make a decision. I have an opportunity every day to affect young men and the coaches that are around me, the entire organization and the entire community.

I think that a leader is someone that needs to make an impact on, off the cricket field and in their lives as well.

I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.

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

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.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.