Richie Benaud Quotes

• Cricket has so many meanings to so many Australians. It’s become precisely that - an Australian way of life. And what a life it is. Some would even go as far as to say, ‘marvellous’.

  Richie Benaud

  Way, Cricket, Marvellous

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• Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

  Richie Benaud

  Sports, Skills, Luck

  Richie Benaud (2015). “Remembering Richie”, p.96, Hachette UK

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• The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.

  Richie Benaud

  Keys, Insult, Economy

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• When a cricketer gets hit in the private parts, he hopes the pain will go away very soon but the swelling doesn't!

  Richie Benaud

  Pain, Going Away, Swelling

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• The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

  Richie Benaud

  Sports, Winning, Toss

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.

  Richie Benaud

  Sports, Journey, Balls

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.

  Richie Benaud

  Brain, Add, Gears

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Gatting at fine leg - that's a contradiction in terms.

  Richie Benaud

  Legs, Contradiction, Fine

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• Out in the field, you haven't got anyone whispering into your ear saying all sorts of things, you've got to do it yourself.

  Richie Benaud

  Ears, Whispering, Fields

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• Cricket. Come summer holidays here in Australia not a whole lot else seems to matter. It's good stuff... Some would even go as far as to say, marvellous.

  Richie Benaud

  Summer, Holiday, Australia

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• Bruce Reid is not the worst batsman there is at international level but those who are worse would not need to hire the Myer Music Bowl to hold a convention.

  Richie Benaud

  Needs, Levels, Conventions

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• He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.

  Richie Benaud

  Fabulous, Bowling, Cricket

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• Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.

  Richie Benaud

  Team, Hero, Winning

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.

  Richie Benaud

  People, Nostalgia, Remember

  Interview With Jim White, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001.

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• When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for it.

  Richie Benaud

  Cutting, Hair, Wife

  Interview With Rob Smyth, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2004.

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• In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.

  Richie Benaud

  Sports, Inspirational Sports, Facts

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.

  Richie Benaud

  Media, Play, Each Day

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.

  Richie Benaud

  Pieces, Earth, Building

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Coogee is a delightful, slightly old-fashioned suburb; it has parks and gardens and reserves, a good well-kept beach, and an excellent promenade above the beach. It is a suburb for people who appreciate those aspects of life.

  Richie Benaud

  Beach, Garden, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The only thing that really annoys me is when all of a sudden you hear yourself on the radio advertising Smith's tyre shop or Blenkinsop's jam. They simply can't do that. And in Australia, occasionally I have to take action.

  Richie Benaud

  Australia, Jam, Tyres

  Interview With Jim White, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001.

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• From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.

  Richie Benaud

  Inspirational Sports, Humanity, Grass

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.

  Richie Benaud

  Thinking, Voice, Annoyed

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It was sad leaving the BBC; not quite like being divorced, but you don't leave after a period stretching from 1960 to 1999 without feeling a certain number of pangs.

  Richie Benaud

  Numbers, Leaving, Feelings

  Interview With Jim White, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001.

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