Eoin Morgan Quotes

I wanna be that glue guy: I want to be a guy my team and my coach can count on. That's what I want to be.

Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.

I'm learning to trust other people to do things. My time is limited, and I'd rather be spending it with my kids.

I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

Leaders thrive when they feel creatively empowered, when they trust the people around them, when their confidence is swelling. Leaders make mistakes when they lose that same confidence, when they're fretting about their power base, when they're reacting instead of acting.

You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can't hand over. But I'm trying to do that more.

Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.

It is hard to get things done if you spend all of your time with the choir as opposed to the rest of the congregation.

When you empower people you sign up for a life of uncertainty and change.

Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization.

When you step on the field, you want to be a starter. You want to be the person everybody looks to and says, 'If we need a play to be made, let's go to him.'

When you have trust, it gives you a better chance to be successful.

You've got to trust your steps, trust your guys that are on the field with you, and when the ball is on the ground, you've got to do that every single time.

People entrust me with the responsibility of actualizing our shared values and, that said, I'm not in the business of going to try to convert people and getting their buy-in. I just do the work.

I enjoy being held accountable, I enjoy holding my teammates accountable and being someone that my teammates can depend on.

Leadership is being the best example you can be for your teammates. The guy that everybody can depend on on a nightly basis.

I often ask people what I did wrong in the last meeting, because then others feel they have permission to own their mistakes, too.

My teammates trust me; they know I make the right plays. I'm not a selfish guy.

Followship is just as important as leadership. It's very important that you'll know if you're a great leader because you will have awesome followship. And the people behind you will take that burden of responsibility.

I want to be a consistent individual. I want to be someone my team can depend on all the time.

If you can inculcate in your team that every moment means everything, you can then step back to let them lead.

You grow year after year with responsibility, and for me, it's not important who has the armband but that everyone on the pitch gives the right signals.

I want to be the guy the captain can trust.

Being the captain is a great privilege and a responsibility to lead a great group with different cultures.