Jen Lancaster Quotes

I'm at my best when people are depending on me. If it's just on me and I don't have nothing to do, I'm going to be lazy. On the football field, it's every single day, every play, knowing that people are depending on me to make my play. That helps me elevate my game to another level.

It's a great thing to have: that pressure everywhere you go, that responsibility. I think it's good to have it.

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.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

I have a lot of respect for tough coaches.

As a coach, you never take your foot of the gas when it comes to enforcement of your culture.

I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.

Everybody's watching when you're the quarterback. The other players see how much you want it.

Obviously if your head coach expects more of you, you bring it to the table.

I expect a lot. And, I hold my teammates accountable and they've got to hold me accountable.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

When you're not playing, it is difficult to feel that you are the leader of the team.

Every time I enter the field, it's like, 'Smriti, you have to score.' And I love that responsibility.

I'm ready to accept the pressures of captaincy.

There is a lot of extra responsibility on you as a player from the academy. You're expected to play and act as a signing, which is pressure, but in a way it pushes you to get a better performance out of yourself.

The expectation in Munich is always high, this expectation I have towards myself personally and to my players. I was aware of that when I signed with Bayern.

The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

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.

I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train.

Every day, when I am working with my boys, I tell them as long as you put in your best efforts, I am there to back you. But the day I find your energy flagging on the field, the day I find you have not put in your best, that's when I will be really upset and sad.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

I am a marquee player and certainly that means a lot of responsibility.

What I have to do is train hard, be at the disposal of the coach and make the best of what I have here every day so when I'm called upon I'll be ready.