I'm trying to coach the team and that's what I want to do.
Every team needs people who guide you through the difficult moments.
Good leaders make sense of change in the world... then imparts that insight to the team.
Mike Matheny, Fernando Vina, Edgar Renteria, Mark McGwire and Darryl Kile... before he died. Those guys took me under their wing and taught me the way to play the game the right way.
Sachin is the soul of Mumbai Indians, and I am sure he will guide Bhajji as he takes on the responsibility of captaining Mumbai Indians.
I think coaches really do matter because they see the game, and we just play the game from a different point of view, so they're able to give us a lot of tips and a lot of pointers, and I think coaches are really, really important.
Pirlo's a leader - a silent leader, but one who knows how to carry his team through difficult moments.
Values hold the team together, provide stability for the team to grow upon, measure the team's performance, give direction and guidance and attract like-minded people.
Being a coach is not the same as being a player.
We are very happy to have Sachin as the Mumbai Indians Icon. I am sure the youngsters in the team will be delighted to have him around for guidance, and so would be the Mumbai Indians fans.
A team needs experienced cricketers to guide its younger players.
It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can.
I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.
Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.
Young players are starting to come up as well and they will see me as one of the older, experienced ones.
The thing that surprised me is you hear a lot about NBA guys, do they really want to be coached? My experience is they really do want to be coached. They want a plan: 'How are we going to win the game?' And they'll follow that plan.
I will listen to the advice that Montella gives me, as he's a great coach.
It is up to the coaches to tell me how to play.
Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.
You bring in Joao Moutinho and it's not just how he plays it's the experience he brings to the team and to the group.
I've been with some great head coaches, but also some great assistant coaches, too.
I feel like I'm guiding the teams and we're all making this together. It feels more free-spirited and less structured, but we have our deadlines and that's important. We have an editorial team, but we're having fun. I get to guide them.
The pressures of playing in the World Cup are different, but it was because we coped with them in 1992 under Imran Khan's guidance and influence that we won the Cup.
A coach should be a person who is able to help a player mentally.
I like to follow the training session with my voice. To call at them and explain my reasons and my ideas of football. It's important to make them understand: when to move, to time it right, not wrong - the right movement.
