James Anderson Quotes

I wouldn't expect anybody to look for superawesome crisp technique out of me.

You can be as good as you want with your feet, but when you're making mistakes, the opinions will change immediately.

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

Unless someone wants to look funny, I'll not recommend anyone to copy my bowling action. But on a serious note, with the confidence that I have got from the amount of runs I have been scoring, when I'm thrown the ball to bowl, I am pretty sure of what I have to do. I may not be the most attractive to watch while bowling, but I can be effective.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.

I'm a Brooklyn guy onstage, and I try to really feed my fans with the kind of material they expect from me.

Here in America, people come out to see what they've known you to do. In England, it's like everyone comes out to tell you exactly how well they think you're doing.

Everyone wants a whack at the speech.

You'd better have something good to say if you've got a roomful of people who've paid to see you.

I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do.

You don't need to spoon-feed bowlers at the international level.

It pumps me up - the whole idea of the bowler marking his run-up, popping at the crease, the crowd chanting, nerves building up. It's a very good feeling. Right from the first ball, I know I have to be at the top of my game.

We are at a massive club here at Manchester United and if things aren't going as well as they should be then there is always going to be people wanting to have a dig and a pop at you.

When you play cricket for India, you are always under the scanner. You are always judged by others; you have to live up to it all.

Whenever Germany lose or play badly, there are 1,000 reasons. And no matter how many questions there are, we will never make everyone happy.

You have to have sound mechanics to repeat the same delivery each time. That's the hard part. Since I don't bowl all the time I'm not consistent with my mechanics.

Obviously, it's disappointing when you put on a shirt and get negative feedback, but at the same time, it's what the fans want to see; they want to see you perform well.

I have played incredible knocks with the lightest of bats.

You will get criticised, you will get praised - that's the way football goes. I've learned over a few years now that it can change within an instant.

If you have lost matches and not played to potential, criticism will come your way. Critics and media will say what they see and take you on. They will say things which you might not like to hear. But that's professional sport.

When shots are going for six and you're playing well, everyone is trying to big you up. Mis=hit one, get out, all the negative people come out.

The crowd are entitled to their opinion, and as players, we have to go out there and play well.

Everyone wants to criticize my mechanics, but maybe I've got good mechanics that make the ball go up.