Sourav Ganguly Quotes

It's not an issue for me if I captain England in 42 Tests or in 50. It's a question of what is best for the team in Test and one-day cricket.

What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

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.

You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.

To say that I wanted to become the captain is entirely incorrect. When Dhoni became captain and I played under him, we won the T20 World Cup.

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

Andrew Strauss captained me through my purple patch.

As long as the body feels OK, I'm enjoying playing, helping the team improve and taking wickets, I'll keep going.

I've been with some great teams and had good wins and great success at certain periods of time in my career.

You can be one of the best players, stats-wise, but if you're not winning, all that stuff doesn't matter.

I think that's kind of the common theme when you talk about any good team. Not only do you have the talent and the type of players that allow you to win that many games, but you have to win the ugly ones.

As long as I win and lead my team to winning, that's when I will be really satisfied.

Look at France and Didier Deschamps; he was just a guy who just did his job but he was captain of one of France's most successful teams. Then you've got Iker Casillas; he's not into PR or things like that, but he's one of the most successful captains of Spain.

I want to go out and win football games, and I want the ball to be put in my hands.

When you bring a winner onto your team, he knows how to win, he's going to help your team win, and that's the goal at the end of the day.

You're not getting any recognition as a point guard if you ain't winning.

Part of my job being a leader and captain of the team is not just to play well and lead well but find a way to make everybody around me better.

Just before I left Dundee United, I captained them for one game, although I think that was maybe to keep me there!

I have many, many fond memories of Yuvraj Singh. He started under my captaincy.

I went to Golden State and helped them get to the playoffs my first year there, and they haven't been to the playoffs in 13 years. I played in Charlotte... and I got them to the playoffs. So, every team I go to, I make them better.

Systems, coaches, and directors or club presidents do not win games - players do, they are the only people who can make a significant difference once that game starts.

My job is to go out there and just, with whatever I got that day, just give my team the best chance to win.

I played cricket for the Delhi under-15 and 19 team. I was inspired by Imran Khan.

The quarterback position is a role of leadership, and I feel just who I am as a person, I bring different types of leadership to the table.

When the key players in your team perform well, the team does well, too.