Throughout my entire life, I've always been a captain. I was the captain of my high school team. I was the captain at Oklahoma State University. I was the captain of the 2008 Olympic team.
Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently.
I was in high school after 9/11 happened. I didn't get bullied. I didn't get treated differently, but I definitely felt people looked at me differently.
When you are captain you basically think differently - more about the team than yourself.
As a captain, I can't make the same mistake twice. As a player, you can get away with that, but if the captain does that, then it affects the whole team.
I was treated like a state enemy after throwing the captain's armband. Things went a lot further than I thought. I am the only one that paid a price as I'm no longer part of the national team. I sacrificed myself so that the team won't be booed anymore and players won't be cursed.
I am proud to be captain of an England team who believe in themselves and enjoy the way we play.
When you step out of the team environment you think, 'Wow, I'm England captain and we've just won the Ashes.'
When you are no longer England captain, you suddenly realise it's over, you are no longer England captain, and you appreciate what you had.
Just because I'm an artist doesn't mean I should be treated differently.
A captain sees you differently from the way you see yourself. You need a captain who can push you.
It's not an issue for me if I captain England in 42 Tests or in 50. It's a question of what is best for the team in Test and one-day cricket.
This is the nature of football - when you are loved by a team, you really feel it, but when you go through bad moments, you are treated differently.
Just because you're made England captain, it doesn't mean that you suddenly know everything about captaincy.
Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.
I went over before the British Open and played Valderrama thinking that I might make the team, might be a captain's pick. I made the effort to go over there.