James Anderson Quotes

I've spent most of my life watching fast bowlers - initially as a kid on TV and later in the flesh when I started playing top-level cricket.

I've got nothing to teach to the Italians - I love playing in this league.

I lost my captaincy after winning the series 2-0, and also getting a Test match 100. I never captained India after that. I couldn't play one-day cricket in spite of being the best ODI player in the world at that time.

I'm not saying there's no pressure at Evergrande, there's pressure at Evergrande all the time. But I am myself and, no matter if I'm playing for Real Madrid or at the World Cup, I've never felt pressure.

I just want to say that aside from Atlanta United, any national team gives you a little bit more free time. I don't want to get completely into the analysis. There are different responsibilities compared to clubs and national team.

In 1992, I was part of the Test team and played the Tri-series too. But, I missed the World Cup after being left out of the squad since I was fairly young.

I was obviously never good enough to play at a top level, or even anywhere close to that, if I'm being honest. That's the reality.

I like it in Denmark. The league is very good and all the teams are of a similar standard.

I was just 17 when I made my debut for Lancashire against Hampshire at Portsmouth. I got seven and a duck. I didn't get a wicket, either. Funnily enough, it was more nerve-wracking than playing for England.

Big wins in the first Test of an Ashes series polarise everything moving forward.

When I was in the GB Women's football team at the 2012 Olympics, it was obvious who was in the first XI and who was making up the numbers. Kelly Smith was going to be first-choice striker no matter what, and the other forwards in the squad mentally checked out as a result.

Batting with Dhoni is always a dream for me.

I wanted to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. But I could not.

I have said goodbye to international cricket.

People just have no idea how strange and surreal a football life can be.

When you come to a club like Hibs not everyone can handle it, there's pressure in every single game to get results.

Playing a Test in front of my home crowd at the Rec was the greatest feeling of my career. It was the first time I felt pressure on me to perform, because I wanted to do so well.

My dream was always to play for England, having grown up in the U.K. Playing India as part of my first test match was a coincidence, and it was never an issue. My job was to do a good job for England!

It will be nice to play against Australia. It's a great country, and football is getting bigger and bigger.

Managers and players at different clubs, it's difficult to compare.

People think of me as well-travelled, but I had not been out of Pakistan until I was picked in the Under-19 squad in 1997. The flight went from Lahore to Karachi and then from Karachi to South Africa. It was my first time on a plane and my first trip overseas.

I like the atmosphere in the Premier League. The teams play attacking football, and for a striker, that is even more attractive.

I knew my first game at Everton wasn't going to be a stroll around the pitch.

It's hard in England. If I didn't score for three games, there was the chance someone would take my place or I would be loaned out.

Making my England debut was a massive achievement.