Quotes About Sports

I used to get up at five in the morning and play cricket.

When I was young, I was supposed to study in the afternoon, and 4 - 5:30 P.M. was playtime. The entire day would revolve around that time. We would play anything - kabaddi, cricket. Those one and half hours would feel like 5 minutes.

We want to take boxing to the level of cricket.

We, as a nation, have always worshipped cricket and cricket players, and even football. But kabaddi and kushti are seen fit only for villagers. That's changing now.

For too long now, cricket has got all the attention and money. Look at how much financial help cricket gets from the sports federations.

I know, in India, cricket is a religion, but I haven't had the time to follow it.

Growing up in Rochdale, I think, all the kids in my street, pretty much every boy was playing cricket. I had four brothers as well, and we played a lot together. When it was just me on my own, I was bowling at a drainpipe.

As a child, I was into cricket and boxing in school.

Playing cricket in England is what I am looking forward to, and I would love to bowl at Lord's again.

One-day cricket must be taken with equal importance to Test cricket.

I enjoy playing Test cricket, especially against India in India.

There is an amazing craze for cricket in India.

Once I am out of the ground, I forget cricket or keep it away as far as possible, to lighten up.

The best players of the world play in the IPL, and to bowl to them in T20 cricket isn't easy.

In very few countries I enjoyed cricket more than I did in India. I would always remember the love my team and I got from the fans here.

The media attention does not bother me. I am very happy that the media is at least interested in sports other than cricket.

The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.

I've played cricket seriously since I was eight years old, when I first played for the Essex under-11s. I can't just turn it off.

I am a cricket lover and wanted to be a cricketer.

It would be great to see more Asian women playing cricket at every level.

Not many people know this about me, but my first passion in life was cricket.

I do love the Ashes and some of my best memories are from Ashes cricket. I just wish we'd played a few more Test matches.

I haven't played men's Test cricket, I've played women's Test cricket.

We used to live five minutes from the local cricket club in High Wycombe. My brother Kaush, who is seven years older, played there.