Joe Root Quotes

If I can win matches for the team, that will automatically help me personally.

That's what I hope to put out onto the pitch - a team that knows how to win matches.

Just got to win games. You've just got to find ways to win games.

It's important we win and because of the players we have we should win some matches in style.

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

The team that is the most focused and executes the best is the team that wins. That's usually the team that can handle the pressure of the situation.

Each game we approach like a final. Today it was the opening game at home, we won and showed outstanding football qualities. We will be preparing for the next game the same way.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both.

I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win.

Obviously, you want to get big runs. But then, as a captain, you want to play on result-oriented wickets.

Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.

I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the tools necessary to beat their opponent.

In the one-dayers, it boils down to who performs better on the day of the match.

That's what I want to do, to go out and perform back to the levels I know I'm capable of, the levels you can produce with consistent games and to win football matches.

I'm not a big guy that watches technique from my opponents. I try to do what I do best and hope that my stuff is better than their best stuff.

Important in a big tournament is how you start. With a great match at the start, you can distance yourself from the unrest from outside. And it increases the respect among opponents.

You have to pick up things from the big teams, who are always in finals and winning big trophies.

I'm taking each match one at a time, not putting expectations on myself, just getting fired up to compete, and taking each match as is.

It's really important at United that you've been brought up with that winning mentality.

You have to be savvy. You have to be tactically aware, because that's what makes the difference in the big matches.

To win Test matches consistently you've got to take 20 wickets - yes, you've got to score runs but if you can't bowl a team out it doesn't matter how many runs you score.

In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.

My job is to just make winning plays when I'm out on the court, and hopefully we're winning. That's all I want.