Ashwin Sanghi Quotes

Even without tactical discipline, what is important for a team is having players with maturity and a sense of responsibility.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

A manager doesn't hear the cheers.

During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

Guidelines for bureaucrats: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

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

At LSU, I was a true leader. I know I made some mistakes, but I think I was a leader for my teammates.

Every goal for me is to be a leader on the court every time I step on the court.

It takes a special individual to be a coach to pay attention to all that bad stuff and keep people accountable.

My role is just be a leader on the court, be a team player, and that's what I am.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

It's hard to be a leader right away, but playing quarterback, you have to.

Just because you're made England captain, it doesn't mean that you suddenly know everything about captaincy.

Learning on the job as England captain is hard.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.

Coaches have told me I can help the team much more if I don't talk, if I don't moan.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.