Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.
It's part of the captain's job to keep people on their toes.
Great captains do never use long orations when it comes to the point of execution.
I've always found when I was captain when other people were doing the talking for me, I didn't need to say as much, and when I did say one or two things, people tended to listen all the more.
I very rarely saw Tom Kite around. I've talked to Tom about it. I don't think Michael Jordan needed to be on the captain's cart with Kite; he needed to be walking in the gallery, supporting them from outside the ropes.
Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.
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.
As a captain, I am concerned about my team and how I perform. I have hopes from my own self and very high hopes from my team members.
When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.
Any captain will take some time to settle down. Nobody is an outstanding leader straightaway.
As a batting captain, you do have to earn bowlers' trust, especially when it comes to fields.
The main thing about being captain is keeping your own performance good, and then everything else should fall into place off the back of that.
As a captain, I can't make the same mistake twice. As a player, you can get away with that, but if the captain does that, then it affects the whole team.
When you get the armband, everyone looks to you to lead, and when things go wrong, then you get criticised the most, and I need to take that on the chin.
Suddenly in the end when it's over, you feel a big weight on your shoulders. That's the role of the captain. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that in sport.
I don't think it's correct to blame the captain. He at least tries to keep all together so that the team plays well, plays positive cricket, and wins the match for the country, and not think about only winning and earning a name for himself.
I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job.
We can't take such unfair criticism. It would be difficult for me to continue as captain if this unhealthy trend of demoralising the team after a few bad performances continues.
