Ian Botham Quotes
England have created folk heroes again and are on the rise. We have to try to keep cricket on the front, middle and back pages.
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England versus Australia has captured the imagination of the public. I was talking to Sir Alex Ferguson the other day, not about the new Premiership season but the feverish excitement of this Ashes.
- Ian Botham
There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test.
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Ian Botham On other People
Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.
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Winston Churchill would be great to have around the table.
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Ian Botham on Sport
Most sports I enjoy with a passion.
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I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.
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I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.
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I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
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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.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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These days, I play a lot of golf.
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Tiger Woods... The way he handles himself and conducts himself while performing brilliantly is a credit to him.
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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.
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What the people here need is not just facilities for sport, it's a structure to their sport. Cricket, volleyball, table tennis, it doesn't matter; start a league again and then there's something to look forward to.
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Ian Botham On Life
I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me.
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I'm not a great one for looking back.
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If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?
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What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here.
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There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.