Fidel Edwards Quotes

My dad is a great cricket fan, and I used to play a bit back in Jamaica.

It's an honour to captain the West Indies.

If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.

I'm stuck with being No. 32 for the Cleveland Browns. I can't do anything about that, and I don't' want to do anything about it.

I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.

For me, running against the Poles and Czechs would be like running against high school kids. And I hate all this gung-ho, run-for-the-red-white-and-blue attitude that the AAU spouts. If that's important to some people, fine, more power to 'em. But, damn it, I wish they'd leave me alone to do what I want to do - run against the best.

I play cricket. I'm a professional cricketer and I guess my job is to hopefully help Australia win games of cricket.

There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead.

Frankly speaking, the pleasure and satisfaction you get after performing against India you don't get against any team, and if you ask the Indian players, they would have similar sentiments.

To be in the national team is wonderful in it's own right. For me, playing against Brazil or Venezuela is the same.

Australia always play their cricket really hard.

I love playing against England.

It has been a great honour to play for the West Indies, to hold a bat and to spend 17 years in international cricket. That is something I am proud of.

This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket.

Playing against Croatia would be a dream come true.

When I played for the first time against France, I wanted more.

I think it's important at the end of the day you know obviously playing in the NBA is a great thing, but representing your country at the highest level is something totally different.

Being part of the World Cup team is definitely very special for any cricketer.

I am thankful that I played the game at a time when the West Indies climbed to heights that have never been repeated.

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.

For me the French team belongs to the past.

I concentrated on politics and movies because cricket was taken away from me. But the world knows Sreesanth as a cricketer, and I, too, like to be remembered as a cricketer who gave everything on the field.

I just love playing for England, whether it's opening or middle order.

It bothers me to think I may never put on a Real Madrid shirt again. Madrid is the best thing that's ever happened to me in my life.