Top 180 Bowler Quotes & Sayings

Once I step over that white line I become The Bowler.

I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.

I used to prepare in advance on how the bowler is going to bowl, whether is he going to bowl an outswinger or an inswinger? I used to watch the videos of the bowler and used to prepare in advance.

I was scared of facing only one bowler - that was Muttiah Muralitharan.

What I try to do is improve as much as I can so I can be the best bowler I possibly can.

When I had a senior bowler guiding me as a young bowler, I had Imran bhai and I would ask him before every ball. It gives you that added confidence when a senior bowler tells you to do something.

As a bowler our job is to create doubts in the minds of the batsmen.

If you ask me the best bowler, then Wasim Akram was the best bowler because he had a lot of variety. Even when you were batting on 100 or 150, you're not very sure... He could still get you out. That was his forte.

As a bowler you need to keep an eye on what the batsman is trying to do till the last moment.

As a batter, I would want to see that the best bowler is in my side so I don't have to face him.

You have to respect the bowler, and every batsmen have their way of tackling the spinners.

You have to assume as a bowler that the batsman is going to hit every ball that he will face. That's where as a bowler you have to fancy your chances. If he is going to hit you, you can dismiss him. That is the confidence I give to my bowlers.

I was an all-rounder but more of a batsman, maybe second-choice bowler.

The main thing for a bowler is his wrist position, and that, as I've said before, is something I'm working on.

When a bowler comes on you want to put him under pressure. He might not allow you to do that but find a way.

MS has always been a bowler's captain.

If this bloke's a Test match bowler, then my backside is a fire engine

As a bowler I think I am more wicket-based than some.

There are different roles you must play over 80 overs and that means you need to be versatile as a bowler.

A bowler can make or break a chap.

I have always seen myself more as a batsman than a bowler.

I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?

At one stage, I just wanted to play one Test for India. People used to say I was just a T20 bowler, a limited-overs bowler. All these tag lines were doing the rounds but I did want to make a difference.

If you've got one bowler - particularly a fast bowler - who is really aggressive, all over the opposition, he brings the rest of the team along with him.

Fast bowling is not an easy job. Especially if you are also a batsman as well as being a fast bowler, a fast bowler has to work harder than any other cricketer on his fitness.

As a bowler, you want to go and bowl in helpful conditions in South Africa, England, and Australia. But it is also important to bowl in the right areas, and they differ from bowler to bowler, depending on conditions and the opposition.

Paul Harris is a buffet bowler - you just help yourself.

I'm a great bowler. I was in a couple of leagues as a kid.

Unless you are a good bowler, you won't be in the India A side.

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

It is a bowler's skill that gets him wickets in Tests.

A bowler will always say it's a batsman's game.

I imagine that I'm less famous than the 15th ranked bowler in the world.

I don't think any bowler can trouble me much.

I am the sort of a bowler who keeps things simple.

I began as a bowler and batting at No. 8 or 9 at Under-14, U-16 and U-19 levels, so to change myself was really difficult.

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

For a fast bowler, not much stress goes through my body.

If there is nothing happening on the wicket, the bowler always thinks that he should not go for a boundary.

Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.

Whether you're a batsman, bowler, or an all-rounder, fitness is tough if you follow your regimen religiously.

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

If I had a bowler hat, I'd take it off to the author of this beautifully crafted steampunk novel.

If you ask me, a batsman has very few opportunities as compared to a bowler. A bowler knows, if he gets hit for a six or a boundary, he has another delivery left to get back and take a wicket. For a batsman, one loose shot, and you are out. A bowler will always have 24 opportunities.

I feel I can channelise my aggression to the right thing and be a good bowler, a world class bowler.

As a bowler, there are times when you do not get wickets, and you don't have the numbers to show against your name. But never has the thought crossed my mind that I am not a confident bowler and the wickets are not coming my way.

As a new ball bowler, it's my job to stick to the basics.

I'm a very good bowler, which I discovered a few months ago.

When a bowler bowls with the crowd support behind him, it naturally raises one's morale.

It's an honor, really, to be a Pro Bowler.

I know I'm a better bowler and create more chances if I get a batsman indecisive in defence.

Shoaib Akhtar has been playing for 5, 6 years and is an experienced bowler.

One of my aims is to be the fastest and regarded as the best fast bowler in the world.

I feel England is the most difficult place for a bowler.

I have always been an attacking bowler, but I am trying my best to learn every day.

There is nobody called Test bowler, one day bowler or T20 bowler. It just how you adapt and make a difference to your own game.

I am a rhythmic bowler.

I think I chose wisely. When it came down to it, I knew I was a better goalkeeper than I was a bowler.

You have to have a part of you like that as a bowler - that fire in you to keep going.

As a bowler, you have to constantly have to learn new things, and that's been my main aim all the time.