Shreyas Iyer Quotes

Cricket is my first love.

My uncle used to play cricket. I got used to the game at home. As kids we used to all wonder seeing the bats lying around the house. As we grew older, we realised what the game was all about, and then our interest in the game grew.

I would like to believe that I would have made a good cricketer.

What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.

I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.

My little brothers loved baseball. I'm not as big on that as basketball or football, but I understand the game.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.

I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.

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

I used to play cricket all the time as a kid.

I used to play cricket every day till Class X but lost touch with it ever since.

I played American football, but I did my best work with baseball.

In 2004 in England, there was one catch that was very special to me. I was bowling in a league match, and the batsman hit the ball over my head. I had to run back to between mid-off and mid-on to take the catch, and I did.

A large part of my childhood was spent holding a cricket bat. The first time I picked one up was in the garden aged about six, and I've never really put the bat down since.

Quite honestly, cricket is same at all levels. It's a game of bat and ball.

I'm grown up enough to realise how to play cricket. I love the game.

I was a sportsman and played cricket all my life.

I do enjoy batting - if the bowling's not quick!

I have always loved cricket since childhood.

I think a lot when I'm on my own - and much of it is about cricket.

I have always enjoyed keeping wickets, as it is something that comes very naturally to me.

All my life, I have been surrounded by the track. The week I was born, Dad took me to training. I do recall at some stage being pushed around in a pram on a track. I have a lot of inspiration from him. To see him carrying the Sydney Olympic torch really ignited my dream. As a coach, he knows the in and outs of race walking and technique.

I was a child who was interested in sports, and represented my school in football, cricket, badminton and table tennis.

I grew up in an athletic family. My dad played and my brother currently plays professional soccer, so I'm athletic.