Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Matthew Hayden

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian athlete Matthew Hayden.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Matthew Lawrence Hayden is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer. His career spanned fifteen years. Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, who along with opening partners, Justin Langer and Adam Gilchrist contributed heavily to Australia's success during it's "golden era" (2004-2011) in Test and ODI cricket respectively. He is widely considered to be one of the best openers in Test cricket and holds the record of highest individual score by an Australian batsman, where he scored 380 against Zimbabwe during Zimbabwe's 2003 tour of Australia. This stands as the second highest individual score in test cricket and is the highest score by an opening batsman in tests.

Australian - Athlete | Born: October 29, 1971

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It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition - and it's been a really pleasant day.

Matthew Hayden

My brother Gary, who was my coach, five years my elder, studied human movements at Queensland University in Brisbane. We used to train together every day, and we'd train for so long that at the end of a session, we would physically almost collapse.

Matthew Hayden

This game is something Australians really look forward to.

Matthew Hayden

As a civilian not playing sport, to get that sense of real belonging and feeling how you are progressing through the day is what I loved and miss.

Matthew Hayden

It's a very special venue and a very special occasion.

Matthew Hayden

When I came to the high-performance arena, I was kind of a one-off in a lot of ways. I was as much an iron man as much as I was a cricketer. Having surfed, fished, hunted, that was just a natural thing.

Matthew Hayden

One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.

Matthew Hayden

One of the things that I miss the most about cricket and batting in particular is that meditation of cricket, that involvement of myself - mind, body and spirit - to delivering that one specific process, which is to execute a cricket shot. It is a beautiful feeling; it is very hard to replicate.

Matthew Hayden

Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.

Matthew Hayden

Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.

Matthew Hayden

How does Usain Bolt know you? You're just my soccer coach.

Matthew Hayden

I've seen God. He bats at No. 4 for India in tests

Matthew Hayden

You never want an Australian with his back against the wall. You put any 12 blokes together and you'll get a job done. Whether it's getting a bogged four-wheel-drive off the beach or standing in front of a cricket wicket and making sure we're in a dominant position. It's the same dog, different leg action, so to speak.

Matthew Hayden

All this going around is not aggression. If you want to see aggression on cricket field, look into Rahul Dravid’s eyes

Matthew Hayden

Tall peaks are not always better than long plateaus as true greatness must include protracted excellence.

Matthew Hayden