Jacinda Ardern Quotes

As captain I enjoy the responsibility. Even when I didn't have the armband I was doing a lot outwith the club so it has been an easy transition.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

A lot of people think that they are leaders just because they have been placed in charge of something - and you're not.

I miss being the focal point of the team - the guy everyone looks to for decisions. And guidance.

Without wanting to sound pompous or clever it is down to me to make decisions on behalf of the side to give it the best chance of being successful.

I've always tried to be a leader.

When you're the starter, there are certain things that you're able to do as far as leading and stuff like that. So, really having to kind of take a step back in a leadership role I would say is the toughest role for me.

It is important to have leadership groups, but at the end of the day I need to be taking the call because I'm responsible for the team and I should know exactly what I'm doing and I believe in that.

I have really enjoyed the responsibility of leading the team and making the decisions out there.

I think I am capable of captaincy.

As captain you're involved immensely. You get worked up, you get carried away. It slowly dies down once you're a player. You realise you've to take the back seat.

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

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

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

When placed in command, take charge.

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities.

I realize that as the quarterback, you have to assume some sort of leadership role because you have to talk in the huddle on every play, and you're essentially giving out orders to the team. But in my mind, I have to prove myself on the field before I can start asserting a leadership role.

I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.