Cricketers Quotes - Page 3

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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Cricketers like Jadeja come once in a lifetime, and I am sorry he didn’t play in my time. Could have added a few more cheap wickets to my tally.

Muttiah Muralitharan

Sorry, Play, Once In A Lifetime

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Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time

Wasim Akram

Once In A Lifetime, Playing Cricket, My Time

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The traditional dress of the Australian cricketer is the baggy green cap on the head and the chip on the shoulder. Both are ritualistically assumed

Simon Barnes

Dresses, Green, Chips

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If a cricketer suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, are you going to ban cricket bats?

Prince Philip

School, People, Dukes

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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.

Rahul Dravid

Intellectual, Intense

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Many cricketers who had more ability than I had, Why they didn't make more runs than I did, I don't know

Donald Bradman

Running, Ability, Knows

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Every cricketer knows that in the early stages of a batsman's innings i.e. before he gets his eye in - luck plays an important part.

W. G. Grace

Eye, Play, Luck

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Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.

Ted Dexter

Hype, Australia, Deceiving

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Strange to wake-up this morning as a former ODI cricketer, but it's been a great honour and privilege playing for Sri Lanka during the past 15 years. At the end of the day, I am very fortunate to have enjoyed a long career playing with and against some great players. Thanks for all the encouragement and support over the years.

Kumar Sangakkara

Encouragement, Morning, Past

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My days in hostel were tough. I was ragged by my seniors. We were asked to wash their dirty clothes, do their odd jobs, etc. When it came to eating, we would be often given burnt rotis and milk that had awful odour. But, never once did I call home. I knew if I had to become a tough cricketer, I would have to handle the pressure.

Suresh Raina

Senior, Jobs, Dirty

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As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

Suresh Raina

Battle, Ready

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For any budding cricketers listening, do you have any superstitious routines before an innings, like putting one pad on first and then the other one?

Tony Lewis

Listening, Firsts, Pads

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Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgment, modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero. You can't get a more complete cricketer than Sachin. He has everything that a cricketer needs to have

Rahul Dravid

Team, Hero, Mind

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As we at all times criticise the Premier for his management of home affairs, call Mr Butler a fool for his Budget, find fault with Beecham's conducting, or Gielgud's performance, can we not, sometimes, say that our cricketers are not quite so brilliant as usual?

Margaret Hughes

Home, Usual, Fool

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A great cricketer must be an artist and express himself in his strokes.

Margaret Hughes

Artist, Strokes

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Baseball players or cricketers do not need to be able to solve explicitly the non-linear differential equations which govern the flight of the ball. They just catch it.

Paul Ormerod

Baseball, Player, Needs

"The Death of Economics". Book by Paul Ormerod, 1994.

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I have formed the Mahendra Singh Dhoni Charitable Trust which organises cricket tournaments in Jharkhand to identify promising cricketers so that we can help groom them, either in India or abroad.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Dhoni, India, Helping

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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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No cricketer is so dependent on the turf on which the game is played as the spinner; it can make, break, enfang or defang him.

Gideon Haigh

Games, Break, Spinner

Gideon Haigh (2012). “On Warne”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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The Conservatives played like England cricketers - too many rash strokes and run-outs, dropped catches and bowling anywhere but the stumps.

Norman Tebbit

Running, England, Bowling

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Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life it is important.

Rahul Dravid

Running, Games, Government

"Does credibility matter to the BCCI?". Interview with Raunak Kapoor, www.espncricinfo.com. August 5, 2013.

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When you're successful, there will be friends, people, VIPs rallying around you. When you're down and out, you're all alone. That's why it's important to be a good person. Because whether you're a successful cricketer or not can always change, but the respect you earn by being the person you are stays with you.

Suresh Raina

Successful, People, Important

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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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Pravin Tambe is bigger inspiration than me for young cricketers

Rahul Dravid

Inspiration, Bigger, Young

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