Andrew Flintoff Quotes

Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.

I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

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.

I'm just like the rest of the guys. I'm a little different in a lot of ways, but I'm still a player with a number on his back and if I'm unable to produce, they'll find somebody else to fill my spot.

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

Suddenly in the end when it's over, you feel a big weight on your shoulders. That's the role of the captain. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that in sport.

Anytime you're playing with a team that's losing, the main guy is going to take a lot of the heat.

Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.

I feel that if the situation arises when the skipper hands me the ball, I should be confident that I can do the job, and only then will that translate into performance.

I never knew a manager that didn't have pressure.

There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job.

I don't like to compare players or talk about having to carry the weight of the team.

I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.

There's a lot of pressure that comes with being a NFL quarterback wherever you're at, and I'm ready to tackle any situation that's in front of me.

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.

Everything falls on the quarterback.

You're the quarterback, if you lose games... it's the head coach and the quarterback. If you're not winning, it's on you.

Captains are always criticised.

I realize the responsibility of being a starting point guard.

When you are captain at the same time, that's when it gets difficult and when your own game starts to decay because you have other worries and pressures.

I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do your job.

I expect a lot. And, I hold my teammates accountable and they've got to hold me accountable.

When you're not playing, it is difficult to feel that you are the leader of the team.

I think a lot of the time, when things were going wrong, I would get blamed for things because I was the point guard.