Quotes About Fielding

In Twenty20, because of the pace of the game, everyone is constantly involved in the field, you have to work as a team covering each other, there's no time to take your eye off the ball.

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.

If you can't field you can't play for Pakistan. It's as simple as that.

My parents had lots of parties. They were hopelessly bohemian. They were just 18 when they had me.

I used to play second base, leftfield and centerfield.

I am a great admirer of Yuvraj and Kaif. They have generally been able to pick up the scoring when they come to bat at numbers six and seven. They also are livewires in the field.

You have got to field well. If you don't bat well, you can still make a difference by fielding well. There are times I have played games just because of my fielding.

The fall of 1912 my fielding was above the average, but my hitting was not so good. However, I was the talk of the town because of my peculiar way of catching a fly ball. They later named it the Vest-Pocket Catch.

For me, fielding is everything - it is a passion that comes from within. You can get a bad ball while you bat, and your bowling may not always be up there, but you are completely in control of how well you field.

I try to make the most of the small chances while fielding because those can also change the game.

We have to keep in mind things like having five fielders inside the circle always. We have to decide who has to be inside, who has to bowl to which batsman and what the situation is.

I like that the pitcher hits. I think that my feeling is that everybody should play a position. In order to hit, you have to play a position. That's just my view of it. I feel that's more baseball, and the games are managed different. I enjoy the National League, how it's played.

I played Little League. I was a 'pitcher.' But we had a pitching machine, so I was just basically an 'in-infield' shortstop because all I got to do was field bloopers six feet from the plate. I couldn't hit, so that was pretty much my entire job.

Any time you play shortstop or center field, the majority of the baseballs are hit in the middle of the field.

I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I like to read. They're popular commercial fiction. That's what they are.

I do enjoy fielding in the deep and I enjoy engaging with the crowd.

This drama between Dean and Ehrlichman took place while I was trying to give the contents to the FBI.

Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.

Grubb goes back, back... He's under the warning track and makes the play.

Practicing with the wet ball is the key to get in the best shape for fielding when there is dew.

You used to be taught to let the ball go as far as possible and then drop it on the runner, whereas now it might be even more advantageous to direct the ball in front of the bag and get the guy on the leg.

I can't very well tell my batters don't hit it to him. Wherever they hit it, he's there anyway.

I always could hit, but fielding I had to work at. I took as much pride in fielding as hitting. I became a complete ballplayer. I knew when to take the extra base. I knew about the outfielder hitting the cutoff man. I knew when and how to bunt. I knew when to hit-and-run.

I had to remind Gary Kristen often that he was in the covers to field against Sachin not to applaud him