A Quote by Brian O'Driscoll

The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

Brian O'Driscoll

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Being Big Captain Definitely Downside Extra Honour Huge Pressure Upside

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Brian O'Driscoll
Irish - Athlete
Born: January 21, 1979

Being captain of Real Madrid is an honour and a big responsibility.

Marcelo

When you are captain in any format, it definitely brings a lot of pressure on you and this is why its a big responsibility.

Sarfaraz Ahmed

I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it's a great honour.

Alan Ball

It would be a huge honour for me to wear the armband for Germany as the first black captain ever.

Jerome Boateng

You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.

Julius Erving

Being a swimsuit model that talks so much on Twitter... everyone thinks that I could definitely pull back. You kind of open yourself up to all the criticism. That's definitely a big downside to this whole world. How can you complain about people critiquing your body when you're literally like, 'Look at my body!'

Chrissy Teigen

Upside of being an attractive woman; if you're remotely intelligent, people will treat you like you're brilliant. Downside: same thing.

Dov Davidoff

Getting the opportunity to captain England is a huge honour - even if it's only the once you can still say 'yeah, I've captained England.'

Ben Stokes

It's definitely the biggest honour to captain your country at a World Cup. Only three others have done it before me so it's obviously massive. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Mile Jedinak

I am very proud to represent my country and the honour of being captain.

Jack Butland

I had to stop being a student idiot and become more sensible and organised and that definitely improved my batting. I also reacted far more quickly to situations in Test cricket because I'd been a county captain. It made a huge difference.