Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBEis a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, also grabbing 120 catches while fielding predominantly in the slips and remains well known by his nickname "Beefy". While at times a controversial player both on and off the field, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and until 17 April 2015 held the record for...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth24 November 1955
If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?
The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates.
If you're playing against the Australians, you don't walk.
What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here
To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport
I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.
For many sportsmen, coming face to face with irrefutable evidence of their mortality is the moment they dread above all others.
Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
Cricket is full of theorists who can ruin your game in no time.
Aussies are big and empty, just like their country.
I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test
If I'd done a quarter of the things of which I'm accused, I'd be pickled in alcohol, I'd be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world's cricket-playing countries
I don't ask my wife to face Michael Holding, so there's no reason why I should be changing nappies
To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.