There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
As long as the title's on the line, that's the match I want to be in.
From now on, match me with one guy at a time.
Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.
I'll match my flops with anybody's but I wouldn't have missed 'em.
I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it is to pull on an England shirt.
We used to live five minutes from the local cricket club in High Wycombe. My brother Kaush, who is seven years older, played there.
You can't win the chess match if you don't have enough pieces.
Iniesta teaches you something in every match.
I've been anchoring corporate events, award shows and cricket tournaments for so many years now that they have become an integral part of my life.
I used to practice at the hockey ground on synthetic surface while I was in the sports hostel, so Test cricket is certainly going to be a challenge for me.
I can't see myself playing anywhere else in the world. You don't know how much I want to play international cricket for South Africa.
There is no small team or easy match in football.
My biggest ambition, ever since I was a boy in Pakistan, has been to play cricket at the highest level. If I can do so for South Africa, I'll give everything.
I made my debut in 2006 and absolutely, there was the pressure of the cricket, but there was no social media. There was no direct feedback to your phone. If you wanted to, you could avoid it.
I'm aware how special an achievement 100 caps is because of the players that have come before me and the amount they've given to English cricket.
I generally don't look at the draw. Next match.
I will like to take one match at a time.
I'm disappointed people don't recognise what I did in Test cricket. For an opening batsman to get two triple centuries? A lot of greats haven't got one.
You're always striving to play that perfect match.
Common sense is no match for the voice of God.
Man, jiu-jitsu is such a chess match.
My mindset is always to be victorious, to win the match.
We need missionaries to match our message.
I adapt more to the match for the second set.
Human speculation is no match for divine revelation.
Believe it or not, cricket was my first love. I would genuinely have swapped the dream of a winning goal at Wembley for a century against the Australians at Lord's.
My challenge is to win every match I play.
On grass, it can be the small things that decide a match.
I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
I learn from each match that I have, especially when it's a different opponent.
It's always good to learn from every match.
Coming out of the Ashes in 2013-14 and the World Cup in 2015 I realised how much I wanted to be a force in international cricket.
Barcelona want to be at their best in every match.
It's always a relaxing time before my match.
Yes, cricket is still the number one choice for youngsters, but today, a child wouldn't hesitate to tell his parents that they want to be a boxer or anything.
It's important to match your style with the occasion.
At the end of the day, you have to admit that it's just not cricket anymore; it is a multi-billion-dollar entertainment industry, that has to be viewed in a correct and sober perspective.
There are parts of the game you always miss. I have missed the competitive spirit, competing against the opposition. But I have really enjoyed time away from cricket.
Time has never really been an issue in Test cricket, especially in the modern game where things naturally move quicker than they have in the past.
At 125, there's nobody in the world that can match my strength.
tennis is a 100-mph chess match.
I am just focusing on one match at a time.
Every match against India is important.
There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.
Football is very cinema friendly and the intense competition that the game involves only charges up the atmosphere. This cannot be achieved with cricket.
Fitness for us on match day is paramount.
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.'
I'll have a few pints the night before a match.
Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb.
I'm driven to win every single match.
Cricket is a team game where individuals inspire each other to achieve performances which surpass what might otherwise be beyond them.
I like lots of color and mix-and-match.
Any match you face, you know, you can be nervous.
At 17, I realized that it's going to be a tough decision to make, but I had the clarity of thought to walk out of cricket and try my luck in acting.
I like the girls to match the upholstery of the car.
I remember anchoring the World Cup 2011 show when I was seven months pregnant! So, I don't think that my connect with cricket will ever end.
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