Quotes About Responsibility

I do what I have to on the pitch.

It's not just what you do on the pitch, it's what you do off the pitch.

If I'm playing higher up the pitch, it's important I don't get carried away and start dropping too deep and I stay in my position.

You move around at Fox depending on where they need you. That's what team players do. You pitch in. You know, you make it work.

I try to be a leader on the pitch rather than off it.

Once you're on the pitch and you've put the shirt on, it's then down to you to perform and play well.

You've got to do the job on the pitch. First and foremost, I put in 100 percent, and I don't think anyone can really complain after that.

I don't like to talk about myself. I don't want to talk about what I do, what I think I do. The position I play on the pitch, I am expected - and I expect - to create chances for my team-mates and score goals.

Attackers have to be selfish on the pitch occasionally, but it's important not to exaggerate.

On the pitch, I have always had that responsibility to lead the team. But, of course, when you are captain, players, especially the young ones, they look at you more for the things you do on and off the pitch. But I have always been a very calm person.

In a way, the manager plays as big part, but you, as a player, are on the pitch. He cannot make you run if you don't want to; he cannot make you make the right decision in the heat of the moment.

A player always comes on to the pitch to give their best, and I cannot be criticized for my commitment, only for my performances.

Teams always have natural leaders on the pitch and natural leaders in footballing terms.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

When you are playing Under-17 or U-19, the captain is of the same age as the rest of us. His knowledge was also as limited as the other players, so there was greater responsibility on the bowlers to understand themselves and their bowling, read the pitch, and set fields accordingly.

I work hard every week and when I come off the pitch after each game I like to think I've done everything possible to help my team.

Once you get on the pitch you know you've got a job to do.

I want to show on the training pitch that I am ready whenever the manager needs me.

A pitcher is not a ballplayer.

As a pitcher, you're supposed to succeed, and you're not supposed to give up a hit.

If you're a starting pitcher, the ball's in your hands and all eyes are you. And when you're kicking, either you missed it or you made it. So there's a lot of parallels in that.

You have to play defense for the pitchers.

On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%.

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.