Ian Botham Sports Quotations

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.

Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes