Andrew Flintoff Quotes

I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Fighting, for me, is like skydiving without the parachute.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

I never rode a bull - I'm not that stupid.

Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.

Do not be afraid to make decisions, do not be afraid to make mistakes.

I do all my own stunts!

If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.

I'd rather be in the ring, 10 times out of 10.

It's amazing how unwilling most people are to admit they don't know the answer to a question or a problem and instead charge forward on a 'gut instinct' that turns out to be crap.

Had I been older - maybe 25 or 30 - I would have never tried half the things I did because I would have rationalized everything and never did it.

I used to do this huge jump off the drum riser. I had a good way of landing so I wouldn't hurt myself, but then one time, I landed on my elbow.

A lot of people say I'm reckless and I take too many shots. I take shots on the forehead. There's nothing wrong with that. It puts me in punching range.

Fearless doesn't mean careless. There is a thin line between fearless and careless. I think we need to play fearless.

There's a fine line between brave and mad. But whatever I do, I go for it.

A very successful woman, Palin has the wherewithal to move forward consciously. What she did was move forward thoughtlessly and overconfidently, without considering that her abilities or qualifications would ever be questioned.

I look at a lot of my fights and I'm like, 'man, that was too greedy.' I can even look back on my fights, even the good ones where I got the knockouts, and think, 'I should have probably toned it down a little bit.'

That's always been my problem - the lack of fear in some situations.

I'm more the kind of man who never makes decisions. But impulsivity is not the opposite of courage; I think it's possible to do both.

When one is young, one can become distracted and overconfident.

I'm always supportive of my brothers who have the guts to step in the cage. Pro wrestling is dangerous but it takes a special kind of courage to lock yourself in a cage that wants to do you harm.

I can't see myself doing something as astonishing as jumping of a chopper. I find it stupid.

I chose to dive into a pool of cold water in 'Ooty' though the director suggested that we use a stuntman. I was pleased with the applause but I took precautions.

But heroes, at times, had to be fools.