Allen Iverson Quotes

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

To say that the captain makes the team lose or win is not correct.

The number 10 player is the star of the team, and you have more responsibility.

I hold head coaches accountable.

As players, whenever the manager gets the sack, you have to look in the mirror and say it's not always the manager. It's down to the players.

When things aren't going well, it's very easy to blame the coaching staff.

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.

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

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

You need to make sure you have a squad of players who are happy and coming on to do their best for you.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

It's amazing how much better coaches we become when you have really good players.

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

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.

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

The athletes are still out competing the same as a Division I team, and I think we've done a good job of creating an atmosphere where they're responsible for their actions and their play.

I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.

There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

As a quarterback, obviously, you're going to be put in the forefront whether you like it or not, and if you're not then you're not doing your job.