Navjot Singh Sidhu Quotes

Ravi Shastri has been claiming that Indian team was very successful under him, but he never told us that India lost ODI series to Bangladesh, lost ODI series to South Africa at home.

I don't agree with the theory that removing grass and pace from the pitch nullifies Mitchell Johnson.

Some referees have to think about treating every player the same, even if it's Ronaldinho or another player from a Premiership club. It doesn't matter how good you are: you have to be treated the same.

I wish there were no free hit off a no-ball.

LeBron is LeBron. They're not going to call offensive fouls on him. He gets to do what he wants.

Politicians as diverse as Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe have been quoted at our team meetings. That is how political England cricket tours have become.

It goes without saying that no one at United ever expected any help. We understood that decisions can go against you. We believed we were the better team, and therefore, if the referee got his decisions right, then we would win the vast majority of our games.

The referees sometimes give for you, and others take it away.

There is no doubt that my former manager Sir Alex exerted an influence over some referees. He was the master of dropping a comment into his Friday press conference - for instance, how long it had been since we had been given a penalty, or the treatment meted out to a player like Cristiano Ronaldo.

As a defender it can also be more frustrating to play in Italy because referees do not tolerate too much physical contact. I loved the physical nature of the game in England, but in Serie A I only have to look at a player and they sometimes fall to the floor!

I never wanted to launch legal action, but Cricket Australia simply left me no option. James Sutherland himself said that, to an extent, I had been made 'a scapegoat.' I find that a totally unfair basis to end my career. The damage to my reputation and career has been immense, which means the chances of me getting a senior job are that much less.

When United play at home, they get some advantage that other teams don't get. I think when you go to United, Madrid, Barcelona, or Milan, when the referees referee these kind of games, it's always difficult to go against these kind of teams.

I don't get wrapped up in the politics of going down to win a penalty or getting an opponent sent off.

It is always hard when the referee is against you.

Some of the games in Spain... we played at the Wanda, which was amazing, but then the next week, they're creating a penalty spot 10 minutes before the game starts.

But referees have to remember there is a reason managers are being nice to them - we're hoping that it just might make the difference when there is a borderline decision.

With handball, you have soft facts but not hard facts. The shot is wide, and then suddenly, it's a penalty.

Why should I change my game if I don't even get a yellow card?

In Italy, everyone is talking about the referee for three days before the game - 'We don't like him. He is no good.'

I don't know if referees look at me differently; you'd have to ask them. I hope everybody gets treated the same, but I know that it doesn't always happen.

You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn't expect every decision from the referee.

Seems to me the rules are loaded against batsmen. If bowlers show dissent after a near miss they never seem to get punished.

I'm never going to criticize any umpires or anything, because they're a big part of the game.

The bouncer shouldn't be banned. Hitting batsmen, I'm afraid, is part of the game. But it's the histrionics, the nonsense, the prancing, the in-your-face nastiness. It's become accepted, and actually it's not acceptable at all.

I don't really understand Darren Lehmann coming out and saying the South African crowd has been out of order. Any England player, even media, who have toured Australia can laugh at those comments because some of the things we hear on the pitch from Australian supporters, known as 'banter,' I know is worse than in South Africa.