Ian Botham ,quotes

A few years ago England would ...

A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

The people in the villages had...

The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

To me, it doesn't matter how g...

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

If you can change three lives ...

If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

Retiring for good wasn't diffi...

Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

If you're playing against the ...

If you're playing against the Australians, you don't walk.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

For many sportsmen, coming fac...

For many sportsmen, coming face to face with irrefutable evidence of their mortality is the moment they dread above all others.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

I'm not a great one for lookin...

I'm not a great one for looking back.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

Cricket is full of theorists w...

Cricket is full of theorists who can ruin your game in no time.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

I want to stress again one asp...

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

Aussies are big and empty, jus...

Aussies are big and empty, just like their country.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

I don't ask my wife to face Mi...

I don't ask my wife to face Michael Holding, so there's no reason why I should be changing nappies

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

Pakistan is the sort of place ...

Pakistan is the sort of place every man should send his mother-in-law, for a month, with all expenses paid.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

I don't think I've actually dr...

I don't think I've actually drunk a beer for 15 years, except a few Guinnesses in Dublin, where it's the law.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

Jacques Rudolph at the moment ...

Jacques Rudolph at the moment is using the inside edge as much as the middle of the bat.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

All people seem to want to tal...

All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

I can remember running around ...

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 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

If I'd done a quarter of the t...

If I'd done a quarter of the things of which I'm accused, I'd be pickled in alcohol, I'd be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world's cricket-playing countries

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

Soccer and cricket were my mai...

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.

Ian Botham 03.03.2018 03:03:03 50 quotes

You will attract the younger g...

You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives.

Ian Botham 19.10.2011 16:47:35 50 quotes

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