“If you're playing against the Australians, you don't walk.”
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Famous Ian Botham Quotes
Source: Botham: My Autobiography
“Cricket is full of theorists who can ruin your game in no time.”
“I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.”
“The most famous cricketers are too big to play county cricket.”
“If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?”
“Jacques Rudolph at the moment is using the inside edge as much as the middle of the bat.”
“A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos”
“I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me”
“To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport”
“Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions”
“Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.”
“I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.”