Brian Lara Quotations

We are looking forward to the World Cup also. We hope the big event would do a lot of good for the cricket at grass roots level.

We've got a World Cup coming up and I don't need to shake any feathers or get under the skin of anyone but what we have in the next 12 months they will understand that we need to produce a team to go along with the whole big idea of hosting a World Cup.

Sachin Tendulkar is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.

If I have a son and he decides to play cricket, I will want him to bat like Sachin Tendulkar.

Sachin is the greatest player I have seen. I consider it an honour to have rubbed shoulders with him

If I have to put anyone to bat for my life, it'll be Kallis or Dravid.

Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt

I forget it's Shane Warne and just think of him as any old bowler lobbing down a lump of leather.

India Are Playing Very Good Cricket Under The Leadership Of MS Dhoni.

The only batsman I would love to see by paying for the tickets and sitting in the stand just to watch him is none other than Sachin Tendulkar

I want my son to become Sachin Tendulkar.

If we had rested him we might have had his services in Durban and here.

Chris Gayle will almost certainly play tomorrow. It will be good to have his batting, but it will also be as important to have him in the slips.

He made a great name for himself in the Caribbean,

Today he smiled when he referred to my first century there.

I think the guys are all geared up. I think we understood where we all went wrong in Melbourne and we are working at it. We've got a couple of new faces, a new captain, and I think it is more of your natural ability comes out in the Test arena rather than the one-day arena.

I think you've got to match them, stride for stride, but you've also got to be very consistent and it's got to be over a long period of time.

People are always asking me when? when? I say to them 'You tell me.

We had some great individual performances but one of the things we learnt from the English is how to put a game together. They played as a team for the whole five days all series,

To beat Barbados in Barbados, to literally take the Cup off their shelf is an amazing feeling.

The fact that a lot of former great players have taken time out to give me a call over the last couple of weeks, to instill some interest in me, in revisiting my position as a member of the West Indies team was in itself a very humbling experience.

What I've seen from young Smith so far is tremendous. His work ethic is great and that is what you need. You need to prepare yourself properly for Test cricket.

When you pick seven batsmen you expect to win the match. Chris (Gayle) played pretty well, but the team didn't pull together.

Coming on the back of six poor performances -- on that front, I really enjoyed it. I didn't think it was my prettiest (innings). But coming out and scoring a double-century against the best team in the world on the opening day of the test match, it's a special feeling.

Australia came out victorious but I'm sure you'll agree we've got a good group of young players, very exciting players, and guys who want to represent their country.

As our national anthem played before the match, I looked up and saw him. I knew I was part of a great occasion.

This is going to be my last time in New Zealand and I want it to be peaceful, but I wish the media had a little bit more respect for West Indies cricket.

This is the time to plan properly with the World Cup upon us and start to turn around the game in the Caribbean. West Indies cricket is at a stage where upward mobility is necessary and we have to all start working to achieve this.

It's a situation where we still have to sit and talk. It's not just my decision but I am very much interested in playing in the World Cup.

Daniel is unlucky to miss out in this game but after tomorrow there are still two further training sessions before the first ODI at the Telstra Dome on Wednesday. ... We are very pleased to have nominated Brian Lara as our vice-captain. He has tremendous experience and will be able to provide invaluable support to our captain Shaun Pollock.

I knew that he had asked for me and I have looked forward to this moment.

The main thing is if we can rotate a bit and not necessarily before a series is decided. If we play against India and we happened to be three up, you are going to see a chance where guys are given a rest.

The good thing is that a lot of the inexperienced players did really well, Devon Smith and Ryan Hinds with the bat and Tino Best and Fidel Edwards with the ball.