Glenn McGrath Quotes

I have always been an attacking bowler, but I am trying my best to learn every day.

The thing I've got to concentrate on for South Africa is bowling at good pace and if the ball is in the right area that will cause enough trouble.

What we have learned is that Roland-Jones is a very promising prospect. Because of the way he bowls, he will not blow batsmen away, but is more likely to take wickets through accuracy and building pressure.

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.

Great fast bowlers don't have to worry about whether the track is flat or green. They'll find a way to get wickets.

The one thing you can't do is get carried away with that pace and bounce. There's a temptation to charge in and just slam the ball into the pitch and you can end up bowling too short. You still have to bowl the right length so that you threaten to take wickets.

I rely on swing to get wickets, and I continue to do it that way. I have never tried to copy others.

I might be six foot six but that doesn't mean I can play a Steve Harmison role and bounce people out.

In Twenty20s, you have to bowl a lot fuller, especially at the death, and you've got to be mindful of what you're doing. But it's still cricket.

If you are good enough to play international cricket, you can take wickets - but you have to bowl the right length.

I don't bowl at 140 kmph or 150 kmph, so my best chance of getting the batsmen out is by bowling in the right areas and getting it to swing.

I could bowl really fast and as the years went on I started to develop more skills - I learnt how to swing the ball a little bit, use the crease a little bit more. But I knew what my skill was and that was to run in and bowl fast.

When I bowled to batters like Michael Vaughan or Jacques Kallis who were classical, technically perfect, sound batters, I always found that I could get them out.

I have always been an attacking bowler. I am more than happy to go for a few runs and get a few wickets.

Cricket is not rocket science. Bowlers often get wickets through perseverance, accuracy and being patient rather than trying to blast opposition teams out.

Speed can't always get you wickets.

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

It is scary when bowling how hard batsmen hit it now.

I used to prepare in advance on how the bowler is going to bowl, whether is he going to bowl an outswinger or an inswinger? I used to watch the videos of the bowler and used to prepare in advance.

If you ask me the best bowler, then Wasim Akram was the best bowler because he had a lot of variety. Even when you were batting on 100 or 150, you're not very sure... He could still get you out. That was his forte.

Being a swing bowler, bowling at the death is just an added facet in my bowling.

As to adding variations to my white ball bowling, ever since I started playing IPL, I realised you need variations. You can't survive on line and length. You need coaches around you who can guide you to get there. I have been lucky that I have had seniors and coaches who have helped me get there.

I like to watch batsmen who will entertain and, as things stand, an opening spell from Jimmy Anderson is about as good as it gets.

I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.