Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Clarke
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian cricketer Michael Clarke.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
The people who know me know I'm extremely private or try and be as private as I can with my personal life.
I always know in advance what I've got coming up. Preparation's important to me - it helps my performance.
Hublot has always been happy to be different, unique and they want to be the first to do things - and they certainly have done that when it comes to cricket.
I think what I love most about the brand of Hublot - obviously the quality of watches speak for themselves - but the brand is always trying to get better.
I'm a very organised guy.
Your greatest strength can be your greatest weakness.
I think whoever wins the World Cup deserves the right to be named the number one-one day team in the world.
I think cricket is generally known as a very old and traditional sport.
I've never been able to comprehend why people are interested in my personal life, cause I'm not like that.
I think I'm extremely lucky to have been able to go through a separation with the mother of my child and us still be great friends.
What Kohli and Tendulkar have in common is they love making big hundreds.
Mate, I don't care about race or colour or sexuality.
What people don't understand is... because I became captain of Australia, I have no say in who gets a contract. Simon Katich was not dropped from a team when I was captain of Australia or when I was a selector.
My whole career the work I do off the field has given me every chance to have the success I've had on the field, and that won't change.
I'm not going to buy a magazine to read about Denzel Washington's personal life.
I remember the 2015 World Cup looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that big Hublot sign and that clock and I just think it's a real compliment to the game of cricket.
One-day cricket is about the World Cup and Test cricket is about the Ashes.
The way I've been brought up to play cricket, the captain has always taken accountability for success and defeat.
To make big runs you've got to bat plenty of time.
When I look back, I don't know how to put into words how much I owe the game of cricket - it changed my life, made my life and helped mould me into the man I am today.
I think the word respect is underrated.
When I was younger I cared more about the position I batted.
I think integrity is underrated.
I live and breathe cricket 24/7.
These one-dayers and these Twenty20s is where Virat Kohli can really stand up and lead from the front.
You've got to accept in this game that there are going to be tough times.
We always talk about single mothers; the challenges they face. But the single father faces challenges as well.
Guys only really have watches and cars as show pieces, and that's why so many men love their watches - it's our show piece, it's our style. And what I like especially about Hublot is the variety.
I don't want to see the Australian players not focus on their preparation and training.
I've never scored an easy hundred, it's always been tough, especially against a very good attack.
I don't give my body the chance to stop and do nothing, just in case it likes it too much. I train five days a week, minimum once a day.
I'm a bit different from your average cricketer.
You build yourself up for the big series, the big tournaments.
My dream was to play cricket for Australia. I knew nothing about celebrity until I got stuck with being one.
People reckon I'm a show pony but I like to look good. And when I'm not living and breathing cricket, I'd much rather drive a fast car or go shopping for clothes than play golf or go fishing.
I've always said, in India and England especially, but all around the world, it's hard to start your innings against good attacks.
The hardest batsman to get out. I think Sachin, technically, didn't have a weakness.
I was lucky enough to play with some great batsman - Matthew Hayden, Steve Smith, David Warner, Adam Gilchrist, Damien Martyn who was a genius.
I've said openly I'd love to take part in the IPL at some stage.
Sangakkara was a force and an absolute gentleman of the game.
I'm like every other player; you get frustrated that you don't make as many runs as you would like and get frustrated that the team's not having success but that only makes the challenge more exciting.
I will never, ever take for granted scoring a hundred for Australia.
As a captain you probably take it more personally when the team doesn't have as much success as you would like, which probably just makes me work harder.
I've had three young children close to me - my nephew, niece and my god-daughter - born into the world needing life-saving machines to help them survive.
I've always said the game owes me nothing, I owe it everything. I'm thankful I've been able to play it for so long.
As a parent, I'm absolutely no different to any other father.
I've always cared that you're comfortable in what you're wearing.
I've been lucky enough to play over 100 Test matches for Australia.
I'd love to play in the Big Bash at some stage.
There's a lot of similarities with everything I try to do with my cricket - it's no different now to my business. You want to be as good as you possibly can. You get out of bed every day to try to become better. The same applies with Hublot - they want to be the first to achieve things.
I don't want to miss any game for Australia.
I never dreamt of captaining Australia. I couldn't care less if I captained Australia or not.
Every day I'm getting out of bed and trying to become a better player, a better person.
I've never been comfortable with fame and I never will be.
I don't want to be restricted in where I field and how I field.
Respecting every individual is very important. It starts with respecting elders regardless of profession.
The things that made me were the highs and the lows - that's what made me the cricketer I was when I retired. And the lows do a lot to give you a real kick up the backside in making sure you never take things for granted.
The teams that have won the World Cup, I've looked at them as the No. 1 team in the world.
I'm never late.
I certainly feel like I've got the support and respect as a player because I've played a lot of international cricket.
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