Vijay Shankar Quotes

I was never any good at cricket thought I love it as a, as a sort of mystery.

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

I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can.

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

I just go out there and try to do what I am paid to do, which is score runs and take wickets.

People like Mo Ali, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Joe Root, they are looking to take attack to the opposition and that's when they play their best.

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

Growing up, I played on matting wickets. I always enjoyed the pace and bounce and somewhere that has a big role or big effect on your game.

I always look to perform with the bat and the ball and do good for my team.

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

I was a sportsman and played cricket all my life.

When it comes to football, I think it's vital you always enjoy playing, and when I arrived at Anfield, I was determined to do just that, whatever anyone else said.

Fifty overs is a long time. It's a good challenge, and you have enough time to show your skills.

It don't matter who scores; we just got to win.

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.

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.

I think I have a lot more respect for someone who will be bold enough to say, 'I'm the leader of the hockey team, we're going to go there and give our best game and we're going to win the hockey game.'

I have to step up and do well in every match I get to play.

I am a big fan of Virat Kohli. He is a captain who always wants to win matches on the field and I love that passion in him.

If I play two minutes, three minutes, 20 minutes, it don't matter to me. As long as we win.

The most important thing is to keep our basics strong in both batting and bowling.

I want my players to go win and don't play bad football.

I was a wicket-keeper who opened the batting. Could I have made it? Hard to say. I probably wouldn't quite have been good enough. I might get back into it once I've finished with the football.