Khris Middleton Quotes

I knew that to be successful, I had to be more than a scorer. I had to become a leader. It's not about scoring. It's about doing what my team needs me to do.

I'm doing whatever my team needs me to be. Whether it's play hard, screen-and-rolling, ducking in, whatever the team needs me to do to be successful, that's all that I care about.

If I have to play at center back, I'll do it without any problems.

If the team needs to score, I'm going to score. If the team needs me to rebound, I'm going to rebound. Play defense, I play defense.

Obviously, I try to play the game in the way that I can help the team. I know I play a little bit more defensively now, more in the role as a team player, but I think I'm doing really well in that.

In football, I've always been about adapting to what's asked of me, to what my team-mates need from me. I'm a team player.

I just want to go out there and just be that player that my team needs me to be, whatever they need me to do.

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'm not the No. 1 starter. I'm not the guy that's going to carry the staff for four months out of the season, but I can contribute in a lot of ways. And to me I'm very proud of that.

I'm going to do all I can, control what I can control and I think one thing I can do beyond just playing the best I can is to start really coaching and leading other people so that I can never walk off the field saying, 'Hey, I did my part but so-and-so didn't,' that can't happen.

When it's time to play, I'm going to come play. I'm going to play the right way. I'm going to try to help my team in all directions, blocking and catching. If I don't have the ball in my hand, I'm going to protect, block down the field. I'm going to do whatever it takes to win.

I think I did that in my career, in Boston and Miami, being ready to play and at the same time when your number is not called, be ready to support your teammates, go out and be productive while not playing.

Whatever the team needs, I'll do.

I've been up and down the order. I'm just happy to get a game and wherever I'm told to bat or told to bowl I'll do it.

Who I am is a guy who's going to do whatever the team needs.

My individual role is to take the innings as deep as I can and perform in a way that benefits the team most.

Whatever role the coaches decide for me and the team, I'm happy with that.

It's about doing what the team needs me to do, not what I want to do or what I think I can do.

Wherever they put me I'll do anything a team needs me to do.

I'm aware that I'm now a role model for younger players. I bring more maturity to practice - it's more of a work environment to me, where I consciously work to get better each day.

I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.

All I can do is my best for the team, whether that's from the bench or if I start.

Being a left back is a very important role, I'm happy to play there. Every time I get the call for the national team or Bayern to play left back, I'm willing to do it.

I think everyone would like to have that one guy who gets triple-teamed, and he throws it to an open guy, but there aren't many of those guys around.

I've always seen myself as a midfielder but wherever I'm being told to play in the middle or somewhere, I will always give my best.