- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
Captain Quotes
Words from the ones who wore the armband first.
This page collects reflections on captaincy from football pitches, school corridors, and old wartime letters alike. Several speakers recall being handed a title, or never being handed one, and what that meant for how they saw themselves. Readers who enjoy leadership language more broadly may also like Best.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a long run as a captain. I had some fantastic ups and also quite a few lows in between.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, I was disappointed to lose the captaincy. I was very proud to be captain of my country.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What if the coach of Kosovo wants me as the captain? Of course, I am thinking about it then.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a few days an officer came to our camp, under a flag of truce, and informed Hamilton, then a captain of artillery, but afterwards the aid of General Washington, that Captain Hale had been arrested within the British lines condemned as a spy, and executed that morning.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never, in my whole school career, given a job as a monitor, a form captain, or a prefect. I never won any kind of prize.
- Forever
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
- British
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the fables that inspired the British Admiralty's cartographic assignments to Captain James Cook in the 1770s and Captain George Vancouver in the 1790s was a 1640 account under the name of Bartholomew de Fonte that appeared in a journal with the delightful title 'The Monthly Miscellany, or Memoirs for the Curious.'
- Captain America
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- Nov 07, 2020
The requirements for illustrating an eight-page story are as different from that of an ensemble-cast mini-series as they are different from a solo ongoing. Whether or not they're named Captain America or Ruby Thursday matters less to me than whether or not their characterization is consistent and actions logical... storytelling concerns.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in such a privileged position to class football as my full-time job, to be captain of England, captain of Manchester City. I'm very lucky.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
As captain you're involved immensely. You get worked up, you get carried away. It slowly dies down once you're a player. You realise you've to take the back seat.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2000 I became captain and stayed till 2005, and this was a very successful time in Indian cricket, so it was a satisfying tenure for me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being the captain is a great privilege and a responsibility to lead a great group with different cultures.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020