Quotes About Leadership

As captain of the Australian team we will do whatever it takes to make sure this game continues to grow.

To be able to say I am an Ashes-winning captain... just hearing those words and saying them myself is pretty special.

If I am the captain, I will not even give the ball to anyone. I will keep bowling from one end.

It's a big thing to play under Mahi bhai. He was my first captain.

I was able to play for and captain my country.

As a captain I think tactically I've been quite good.

Responsibility makes a player better. I was made the captain of Maharashtra senior team when I was 16 or 17. I know how to take the team forward. I had been through the responsibilities.

As a captain you probably take it more personally when the team doesn't have as much success as you would like, which probably just makes me work harder.

When you are captain, how to project yourself.

Wrist-spinners are mostly attacking, and when your captain is so attacking you get freedom to attack more.

I'm constantly aware of my responsibility; I don't need the captain's armband to feel that.

He was my first choice when the board sat down and said who do you want as captain. We had to make the decision. I had only one name and that was Rahul Dravid. He is someone the Indian players look up to and the international players respect.

I say this all the time, but truly he is the greatest captain and not just Picard, but Patrick himself.

When I was a player I used to feel that you are the captain of your own bowling, which I would like to try and inculcate, especially in the bowling group. That is important. All of them must believe that they are leaders.

Who doesn't love Captain Kirk?

As I get older, I think I'm going to continue to be a better player and a better captain.

I want to be captain.

I'll ensure that I go out there and enjoy my cricket and enjoy being captain of India.

I try to take myself as a leader, as a captain.

Even when I was playing, I was captain of the club pretty young and then I made sure I was always talking to the coaches and talking to people about other aspects of the game, not just playing it.

The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.

I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington.

The career politicians down in Washington don't want to be held accountable.

The Senate is where the issues are, and most people there are career politicians.