Paul Millsap Quotes

As a captain and as a player I wanted to lead the team well and score runs, because I know the team still depends on me very much.

All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.

The best player's responsibility is to unite and inspire your teammates to play up to their full maximum ability, and that never occurs if you try to separate yourself as part of the problem.

Throughout my entire life, I've always been a captain. I was the captain of my high school team. I was the captain at Oklahoma State University. I was the captain of the 2008 Olympic team.

I love holding myself accountable and being held accountable by my teammates. It's never easy, but it comes with the role of being a leader, and if your leadership is not up to par, then the team won't be willing to work as hard.

I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

I'd give my life to be the national team coach.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

'SI' came to me and said, 'We want you to do a story on Russell as the greatest team player,' which I certainly agreed with.

I've just got to be the best player that I can be and worry about what I've got to do to help out the team, and be the best team out there we can be, and the best player I can be out there on the field to help out the team.

I have to try to help lead my team to win by any means.

Football is an emotional game, and that is why we love it, but part of the work I have to do is to control that emotion both for me and my players.

The coaches can only put us in the right position, but it's up to the players to take the action.

It's hard to do, but you've got to be able to get your team going and prepare each week and go out and play your best and hopefully it shows in the game.

I've been the captain of my wrestling team, my college team, so to me, I've been in that leadership role for a very long time.

You can't expect a coach to win with guys that don't even care about the game.

For Ashley Williams, he doesn't score many, but what a leader.

I've been in this league a long time. The league's not perfect. But I'm definitely proud of a lot of my teammates, coaches, trainers, owners.

Kohli is a huge addition to the side not just because of his batting but with his attitude as well. He lifts everyone on the field. There is so much passion in his cricket.

I love Pakistan so I will definitely use all my experience to inspire this team.

As a player you do kind of see you might need to get something going. Maybe it's diving on the ball, diving on the floor for a loose ball. Or maybe it's something that'll just energize the team, a lob dunk or a great pass or a great defensive play or an open shot, anything.