Alan Smith Quotes

When you sign your name on the dotted line, it's more than just playing baseball. You have a responsibility to make good decisions and show people how things are supposed to be done.

Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.

The thing a player has to ask himself: 'Do you want to choose winning over standing out?' Dwyane Wade made that choice, and I don't think he gets enough credit.

Joe Gibbs helped define what the Washington Redskins stand for - integrity, hard work, determination, winning and championships.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

To be a part of a championship team, I'm excited... This is the closest I've ever been to a championship. I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping this team repeat.

As captain, I want us to be ambitious; I want us to be winners - but above all, I hope we will show how much we love the game by passing the ball and achieving success through our technical and tactical approach.

What I like is to bring the best team for the fans, and if we have that then we need to perform and we need success, but that is what I like and what I have had all my life in football.

The goal is to win a championship, but when you win and you play pretty well, and you start hearing 'All-Star' and 'Sixth Man.' That's really unbelievable.

In Juventus you learn to win.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

If I'm chosen for the Asian Cup, then I must help the team win. That's the bottom line.

Any time your team has confidence in you, it's cool, but I don't go back. I haven't watched one Super Bowl that we've played in.

I just want to enjoy my football and hopefully that brings success to the team.

I just try and make the right play. It led to me leading the country in points and assists.

To be successful in football, you have to do things that put the team first. Everyone has to play their role, and if they don't do it, you're not going to win.

Any time you make a basketball team you have the opportunity to be successful.

I guess, for me, the ultimate goal is to help me team win games every time I step on the field.

Bottom line is I always want what's best for the team, and as long as the football team is winning games, I'm happy.

There's this myth that there's no loyalty in football. Well, there's tremendous loyalty and emotion and respect that go into the coaches and players you've gone into battle with. But as an owner, you have to make the decisions that are the right ones for the organization, that are the right ones that will help you win.

Head coach and quarterback have a record attached to them. And I have always felt a great responsibility to help lead our team to win games, the division and ultimately the Super Bowl.

It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club.

When you're on the court, there is certain things that you would do that you wouldn't do off the court. When you get off, you obviously have to be gracious and a humble person. When you are on the floor, be a team player. Championships are what you are defined by - legacy. Go about things the right way.

No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.