Geoffrey Boycott Quotations

Until you've had depression I don't think you're qualified to talk about it.

I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

He was a top man and a good professional. He was one of those who you know will never play a trick and you can ask him to do anything for you and he will. An unassuming man and a great loss to us all.

When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video to analyse our techniques or look at faults, we depended on other cricketers to watch us and then tell us what they thought we were doing wrong.

I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.

If Trescothick had tried to get me off the field when batting well, I'd have hit him with my bat.

Since I had cancer I've realised that every day is a bonus.

I played football for Leeds United under-18s, but at 17 my eyes started to go and I had to wear glasses. The football had to go - there were no contact lenses in 1957.

Once I got cancer of the tongue and throat, I realised that stress is a killer and I had to try and get stress out of my life.

To me, this batting line-up is not what it was two years ago in Australia, though the names may be the same.

Winning Test matches in India is a difficult business at the best of times. For England to share the series with only half a full strength side was a terrific performance.

Coach Duncan Fletcher reckons he already knows 10 of his likely World Cup side. The problem is that half of them are not in India at the moment. For the past two years England have been a poor One-day team and that is because they haven't been able to field a settled side. We keep losing players to injury, illness or paternity leave. You don't know from one game to the next who is going to take the field.

(James) Anderson has a gift from the gods: he could swing an orange.

The Prince of Calcutta. Two of his special qualities are his intelligence and articulation, both of which have helped him immensely in the world of contemporary cricket.

Paul Harris is a buffet bowler - you just help yourself.

Technically, you can’t fault Jadeja. Seam or spin, fast or slow every goddamn thing is a problem.