Geoffrey Boycott Quotes

• When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video to analyse our techniques or look at faults, we depended on other cricketers to watch us and then tell us what they thought we were doing wrong.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Athlete, Games, Faults

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• He was a top man and a good professional. He was one of those who you know will never play a trick and you can ask him to do anything for you and he will. An unassuming man and a great loss to us all.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Athlete, Loss, Men

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• To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Baseball, Athlete, Mph

  1989 Of the experience of facing fast bowlers. Quoted in Helen Exley Cricket Quotations (1992).

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• (James) Anderson has a gift from the gods: he could swing an orange.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Swings, Orange

  "Job well done, England against New Zealand. But the really hard work starts now". The Daily Telegraph Article, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 10, 2008.

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

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Buffets, Helping, Bowlers

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• I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Athlete, Winning, Thinking

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• I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Ambition, Men, People

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• The Prince of Calcutta. Two of his special qualities are his intelligence and articulation, both of which have helped him immensely in the world of contemporary cricket.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Two, Special, Quality

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• If Trescothick had tried to get me off the field when batting well, I'd have hit him with my bat.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Athlete, Bats, Fields

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• Until you've had depression I don't think you're qualified to talk about it.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Depression, Thinking, People With Depression

  "Geoff Boycott sparks controversy with remarks on Mike Yardy depression" by Andy Wilson, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2011.

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• Technically, you can’t fault Jadeja. Seam or spin, fast or slow every goddamn thing is a problem.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Faults, Problem

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