Top 561 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Cricketers - Page 7

I always had the belief in my ability. I just needed something to prove it to myself.

Broken marriages, conflicts of loyalty, the problems of everyday life fall away as one faces up to [Jeff] Thomson.

Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.

Test centuries is one such records which doesn't look like being surpassed

Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.

My only complaint with 'Dickie' Bird is that he requires a degree of certainty that is almost neurotic; like the man who has to keep going to the front door to make certain that he's locked it.

I do not believe so implicitly, as some cricketers and writers upon cricket do, in watching the bowler's hand.I prefer to watch the ball, and not anticipate events.

Social media and media are not in our control. They are so big that you cannot stop them.

When I was asked to write a message for your brochure I gladly accepted as I remember my first school tour of England was Wales. The experience proved extremely useful in my development of a cricketer.

When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you just how broad the talent pool is in international cricket is today.

But growing as an India cricketer it was about the blue jersey and the pride we all felt wearing that jersey.

We should not play like Australia or India or England - we should play like Sri Lanka.

Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!

As a parent, I'm absolutely no different to any other father.

What's your hurry? There is nothing up ahead that's any better than it is right here.

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.

Make few acquaintances.

I'm not a huge drinker.

As a Test cricketer you expect that at times you're going to be heckled, and you must have a thick skin.

I think the people that really understand my personality and my real fans understand that I'm not really PC; I'm not very kosher, so sometimes I go way over the line, but a lot of things are also meant in humor.

I Am Really Gifted To Play Under The Leadership Of MS Dhoni.

And I can say that I’ll pay to watch MS Dhoni bat.

A Test match is like a painting. A one day match is like a Rolf Harris painting.

If Shane Warne were to become England spin bowling coach I think it would be fantastic for myself and all those learning to bowl spin in England.

Wherever the fight is, I'm going to be fighting.

I think integrity is underrated.

Beauty, therefore, for the modern and postmodern artist has become a highly dubious metaphor for a discredited belief system.

I have got height so I am little bit too tall for 'keeping.

Dhoni is one guy who doesn't know the meaning of fear.

I don't think the press are vindictive. They can write what they want

I guess they have had 16 years when they haven't even been close in an Ashes series but we have found some sections of the crowd to be scathing and harsh. That has not been overly enjoyable. We have seen a pretty ugly side in some supporters.

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

If I feel like I am being thrown under the bus, how am I supposed to get up and come for a party to enjoy the team's or team-mate's success?

Mate, I don't care about race or colour or sexuality.

People can think whatever. I know who I am.

India is the one area of the sub-continent where we haven't won since I have been involved with England

In as much as Christ's mission was to bring all things into submission to God, and to restore not only humanity, but also the whole creation to its proper purposes, to make straight what is crooked, and to redeem both humanity and the creation from the curse of sin, then herein can be found the possibility for a full and wholesome realization of human artistic activity.

I have seen some terrifically exciting changes with young players coming into the squad which is reinvigorated. The older players and the whole group has been refreshed by the youth and enthusiasm that has come into the team. I think that has been misunderstood and misrepresented in certain quarters to the detriment of Indian cricket.

Whilst there's a competition still on we're still a chance.

Pakistan without Ajmal is like car without engine

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket.

AB de Villiers is the definition of a Cricketing Genius

All Australians are an uneducated and unruly mob.

It's hard enough juggling one cricket schedule with three formats let alone when my wife plays cricket on a completely different schedule as well. Something I take into consideration heavily is being able to spend time together.

India riding on MS Dhoni wave, Dhoni is a different man in World Cups

Awaiting to see the other side of the Coin, whatever it is, Accept it, because you Deserve it

Sachin is cricket's God.

Don't expect any miracles, I can only come in and do what I can and give my best. I can't work miracles but I will try to.

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.

That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another

It is often argued that left-handed batsmen have an advantage compared with the right-handers. I do not agree.

This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good.

I'm just looking forward to playing, and if anything else comes my way it's a bonus. I'm looking to have an injury-free season and doing things for Lancashire to get us where we belong.

No captain with all the hindsight in the world can predict how the wicket is going to play

I guess my game plan in ODI cricket is very set with the new ball and at the death. In Test cricket, you have to bowl longer and batsmen don't have to score as quickly. But at the same time, as a bowler, you can bring in some aspects of one format to the other format.

I didn't want to be captain, I wanted to have more free time. I didn't want that added pressure at that particular time, but they actually insist, insist, insist, so I said OK. So I thought, just get on with it.

I bowl my best when I am fittest and the best way to get fit is to bowl. That's how you get your rhythm. You cannot really find a rhythm by bowling in the nets.

It might be a move in six months. But I'll make up my mind. I'll have a look at where I've been and where I want to go and I'll continue in that way.

Willpower is steam for life's locomotion.