Alastair Cook Quotes

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

I am and always will be a leader.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

It is time for a leader who will lead.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who set out bold objectives and take risks to change the world. We tend to downplay 'transactional' leaders, whose goals are more modest, as mere managers.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it...People need somebody to watch over them.... Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

Leadership means that the person in charge gets second guessed by every little twit with a mouth.

A leader without followers is just a man taking a walk.

I never liked being ordered around - which, of course, was an overreaction. I eventually found out that I didn't mind being ordered around at all when it was by someone who knew what he was doing.

When I'm in the huddle, it is my huddle, and I mean, that's how it needs to operate.

There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job.

I think, at heart, I'm a leader.

I'm used to the natural role of a quarterback where everyone looks to you.

Actually, I've always been kind of a leader, and it's kind of just stuck with me throughout my whole career.

No coach wants to sit back and not have control of the team.

I've always considered myself a leader, a leader of men.

I must follow them. I am their leader.

Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of authority. If he doesn't, he loses that authority.

You always want to know you have somebody at the helm who knows what they're doing.

The team needs a leader to handle everything with rules and constant stability. Mourinho is the ideal man for that job, and we are delighted about it.

I can understand the argument that the captain should always be there to lead from the front.