Ross McCormack Quotes

Being the main guy for three or four years, I understood what it took to be the leader.

I'm ready to accept the pressures of captaincy.

Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.

My role is the same with or without the armband.

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

Ask not what the role can do for you; ask what you can do for the role.

We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.

One of the signs of natural leaders of men (and women) was their readiness to take the necessary pains to keep their followers with them.

The captain tag is something that players vote on, head coaches they give their title to. It requires a player that you think exemplifies leadership.

I never really sought out the captaincy at any stage in my career. Now that it has been handed to me, I would obviously like to do it justice and keep performing well. The day I stop performing will be the day I happily relinquish the role.

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

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.

I think I am capable of captaincy.

Just because you're made England captain, it doesn't mean that you suddenly know everything about captaincy.

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

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

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.

I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power. And I try to model that in all of my interactions.

I knew that to be successful, I had to be more than a scorer. I had to become a leader. It's not about scoring. It's about doing what my team needs me to do.

If you're the quarterback and want to be the best on the field, you've got to act like it.