Cricket Quotes

• Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.

  Imran Khan

  Spiritual, Men, Opposites

  "The path of Khan". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.

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• After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other kind), I have decided that there is nothing wrong with the game that the introduction of golf carts wouldn't fix in a hurry.

  Bill Bryson

  Golf, Years, Games

  Bill Bryson (2000). “Down Under”, Doubleday Books

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• Collectively and individually fielding is largely a matter of thoughts and discipline.

  Ian Peebles

  Discipline, Matter, Cricket Funny

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

  Frank Woolley

  Believe, Player, Great Day

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• I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.

  John E. Walker

  Soccer, School, Captains

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• I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.

  Ian Botham

  Football, Running, Golf

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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 only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I like cricket. Not a very good reason to want to go, but as good as any, I suppose.

  Jeffrey Bernard

  Gone, Want, Reason

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• I really got into the cricket and staying up late watching the World Cup.

  Jeremy London

  Stay Strong, World, Cups

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• You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.

  Murray Walker

  Funny, Reality, Thinking

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• I love surfing more than cricket. It's more interesting and you meet great people.

  Hansie Cronje

  People, Interesting, Surfing

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• With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.

  Shane Warne

  Attitude, Ambition, Player

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• I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.

  Frank Woolley

  Opportunity, Records, Kent

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• I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!

  Jeffrey Archer

  Team, Interesting, England

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• He must be the most singlehanded devotee cricket has ever seen. Cricket has taken up so much of his life that at times you would wonder what is he going to do once he gives up the game.

  Greg Chappell

  Giving Up, Taken, Games

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• Test cricket is bloody hard work, especially when you've got Sachin batting with what looks like a three metre wide bat.

  Michael Hussey

  Hard Work, Bats, Three

  "Sachin Tendulkar's 'three metre wide bat' makes Test cricket tough: Michael Hussey". www.dnaindia.com. October 19, 2010.

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• The aim of English cricket is, in fact, mainly to beat Australia.

  Jim Laker

  Australia, Facts, Beats

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• When I was 15, I started playing first class cricket and always dreamt of being a Test cricketer, wanted to do something for the country, married in 1995, have 2 kids it's been great.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Sports, Country, Kids

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• When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Thinking, Justice, Trying

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• But eventually it is a game of cricket.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Games

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• I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Life, Success, Sports

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• Before you lay a foundation on the cricket field, there should be a solid foundation in your heart and you start building on that. After that as you start playing more and more matches, you learn how to score runs and how to take wickets.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Life, Success, Running

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• Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Sports, Team, Games

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• You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

  Murray Walker

  Cutting, Stumps, Tension

  "Happy birthday Mr F1: A birthday tribute to motorsport legend Murray Walker" by Byron Young, www.mirror.co.uk. October 10, 2012.

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• I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Inspiration

  His reason for not playing cricket. Quoted in Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations (1988)

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