Top 109 Quotes & Sayings by Brian Lara
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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
I just want that someone in their 50s or 60s, when they talk about Brian Lara, they say 'I enjoyed watching that guy playing cricket.'
A guy who is walking out of his crease purposefully because he wants to take advantage is wrong.
Every time I go out into the middle I say I have to give 100 per cent, and I do.
I remember the reason why did I start my golf. We had a four day game I was playing for Trinidad against the Leeward Islands. They had in their ranks Winston Benjamin, Curtly Ambrose and Kenneth Benjamin. To add to it, the track was a green top. The four day game lasted two days, so I had two days to play golf.
Records are made to be broken. It's great when they are broken by attacking players.
It's a cliche that cricket is the only unifying force in the Caribbean. It is but there are a lot of other factors that keep us apart. Success in sport and war will always unite but you need to have a greater foundation and greater core.
The reserve strength is very important in assessing a team's ability.
Alzarri Joseph is someone who I look at and say 'this guys has got potential, he's a wicket-taker.' He is someone who I'd like to see do well.
I played a couple first-class matches at Carlton and Guaracara Park and it was a real burial ground for the fast bowlers.
It's good to have young players around you.
When I was 21, I did not have that much pressure. I was sitting down on the bench... you know... cleaning Sir Vivian Richards's boots or doing something... getting ready to play international cricket.
When you play a team sport all your life, you need to get out there sometimes and show some individualism in a sport where you play against the nature.
We West Indian cricketers are always proud to play for the West Indies and we know we are made up of different islands and different cultures but we have to be able to mesh together, to come together and perform as a team.
Every senior player has to play a part and help the skipper by performing their duties on the field and secondly by performing their duties off the field.
Children need sports, even if they are inclined towards academics.
With all franchise cricket going on around in the world, the intensity of the game, sometimes is a burden.
My dad made sure he gave me everything, he sacrificed what he had to, to make sure I had what I needed to perform at the best level.
When I wasn't doing well, I was too tough on myself but I truly tried to minimise it. So, I would always appreciate the fact that, things are not going to go well all the time.
I loved every minute of my 17-year career, all the Test matches, the ODIs and the World Cups. The only disappointment, if you ask me, was I never won a World Cup for West Indies.
When I was a kid, Test was the form of the game everybody wanted to watch.
Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.
I fell in love with scoring a lot of runs. I never felt 50 or 100 were enough.
Disability should not be considered a hindrance to achieving one's goals.
When the others grew tired and went home and there was no one else to play with I used to play my own Test matches on the porch of our house, using a broom handle or a stick as the bat and a marble as the ball. I would arrange the pot plants to represent fielders and try to find the gaps as I played my shots.
There are always going to be critics. But I have got to go out there and do my job.
The Caribbean is all Third World islands and it's very tough to raise the money for sports.
When you succeed, you know, you can get swell-headed or you can be failing, and then you are all down in doldrums. So I try, as much as possible, to keep an even keel.
After cricket I'd love to build a family, I'd love to get close to someone and have kids, see them evolve into something special.
My brother shaved a cricket bat out of a coconut branch... we played cricket with anything we put our hands on - a hard orange, a lime, a marble - anything we could use in the backyard or the streets.
I want to leave a nice legacy.
I feel as if I was to strike on one thing that I was decent at was mentally where I prepared myself strongly.
I have been captain in the past and I know what it takes to gel a team and get it going.
Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.
Getting into your 30s, you don't feel the same as in your early 20s.
I had some bad influences in my time and, if my parents weren't there to straighten me out, things might have gone haywire.
Teachers across the world are doing all they can to ensure a good education is the top priority for children.
When I get to a ripe old age then talk of me as a great cricketer.
I want to be a consistent individual. I want to be someone my team can depend on all the time.
I don't see myself as a father figure but as someone who the younger players can come to and talk to about cricket. Not just batting but cricket in general and I am ready to impart with any information or advice I have.
MS Dhoni would know what's best for him. He has served Indian cricket very well.
I appreciate every batsman in the world for different reasons. If I want someone to tough it out in the middle, I'd pick Steve Waugh. If I want someone who I know is going to have the technique to survive, you want a player like Tendulkar.
MS Dhoni is an asset in any team he plays for.
Virat Kohli is someone I have great respect for.
You just don't pick up family values, unless your parents teach you and let you know exactly what they expect.
The highest-ranked team in the world has the responsibility to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld every single time they play. And that the spirit of cricket is with them every time they enter the field.
It doesn't matter how many runs one person puts together. We want to get partnerships and get 400 runs on the board. One person can't get 400 runs on the board if there is nobody at the other end.
I try to read spinners and dictate to them, but they know very quickly if you're not reading them or if you're not confident.
As a former cricketer you want to give something back.
I've played with and against great players. I've been with Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and played against Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jaque Kallis and Virat Kohli is up there with the very best.
First of all my golfing experience spans all corners of the World - Brazil, New Zealand, L.A. And I think the best place is when you play with friends. I particularly enjoy playing golf with my best friend, former Manchester United player Dwight Yorke. It is the best experience when we can get together on a golf course.
KL Rahul has the technique for all forms of the game and for me more Test cricket than anything else. And if he performs so well in T20s and the 50-overs game, I think Test cricket is really where he's made for.
Sports will equip kids with the necessary tools to face academic challenges, and provide all-round development.
I think Rohit Sharma is an awesome player in all varieties of the game.
This is a moment I will cherish forever... the first man to score 500 runs.
We had thousands of people outside Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad. We would wait to get inside to watch a Test at six o'clock in the morning.
You don't need a group of superstars, you need a team working together to bring you better results.
I grew up at a time when West Indies dominated the world. For 15 years from 1980, the West Indies never lost a Test series.
Engaging in sports from a young age will ensure physical and mental well-being.
I'm not much of a sports fan.
Well, I think that I pretty much grew up grow up wanting to represent the West Indies.
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