Stuart Broad Quotes

The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.

I enjoyed playing any type of cricket. Didn't matter what type it was because I did not want to change my game. My game was built on one type of cricket: if there was a ball to hit, you hit it, whether it was Test matches, whatever it was.

I still say if the ball is there to be won I will go for it, whether with my head or whatever, and if it means us scoring or stopping a goal, I won't think twice.

I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.

I have a lot of confidence in my game. I love to play with confidence, be aggressive, and that's just how I've always done it.

For my size, I think I played bigger than my size. I tried to play bigger, which is probably why I got as injured as I did.

I'm not one of the guys that's going to hold back and try to win on points.

You have to try to win the ball at all costs and if someone doesn't get it quite right people get injured.

In Twenty20 the less fear you play with the better you're going to do.

Treat cricket like a sport.

Australia play best when they've got a bit of mongrel about them, when they play hard out in the middle, when they don't give an inch, when they play an aggressive brand of cricket.

I have the mentality that if you come in playing not to get hurt, that's when you're going to get hurt. So I play relentless.

People say I'm cold, that I'm impersonal on the court. Well, let me tell you, it's blood and guts out there.

I don't want to play for any team. I prefer playing for a lower team and playing against the best. I don't like playing with them: I want to play against them... and beat them.

It is not in the DNA of Juventus to think of a draw.

To show respect for the opponent is to go and kill with every single action. That is the way you show it. You need to be aggressive. That is how I understand football.

I've always been a physical player.

I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.

I'm probably one of the most competitive people you'll ever meet. I want to dunk on my nephews. I'll block my 2-year-old's shot to make it hard on them.

If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I don't want to be dominated by them. Hopefully people enjoy the way I play.

It's quite strange, because off the field I'm quite shy, quiet, prefer to watch a bit of TV at home, but get me on the cricket field I like it all kicking off.

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

I love coaches that think more about attacking than defending. As a football fan, I think that's wonderful.

It's a sport, you've got to push hard and you've got to get after it. You can't complain, you can't be a sore loser and all this shoulda, coulda, woulda stuff.

I play basketball hard-nosed and if you're not on my team, during that 48 minutes we're enemies.