Brian Lara Quotes

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I look at Sachin and I see a great player, the kind of person that you would like to follow, but I have my reputation and am happy with the way my career has gone.

Brian Lara

I really enjoyed the period in which I played my cricket. I can look back now and wish I started 10 years later and played in the T20s. But I also wish I was born 10 years earlier so that I could have been part of the all-conquering West Indies team of that time.

Brian Lara

When the others grew tired and went home and there was no one else to play with I used to play my own Test matches on the porch of our house, using a broom handle or a stick as the bat and a marble as the ball. I would arrange the pot plants to represent fielders and try to find the gaps as I played my shots.

Brian Lara

A guy who is walking out of his crease purposefully because he wants to take advantage is wrong.

Brian Lara

Tendulkar has had the greatest cricket career of anyone who has ever played the game.

Brian Lara

My dad made sure he gave me everything, he sacrificed what he had to, to make sure I had what I needed to perform at the best level.

Brian Lara

When you succeed, you know, you can get swell-headed or you can be failing, and then you are all down in doldrums. So I try, as much as possible, to keep an even keel.

Brian Lara

Attacking players are the ones who are best suited to break a record.

Brian Lara

If there’s one thing I don’t have, it’s an insular bone.

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Every senior player has to play a part and help the skipper by performing their duties on the field and secondly by performing their duties off the field.

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It’s good to have young players around you.

Brian Lara

Pretty early, when I started playing golf, I was compared to Garfield Sobers, who played both cricket and golf.

Brian Lara

I had to work hard… but I knew I had strong support.

Brian Lara

I appreciate every batsman in the world for different reasons. If I want someone to tough it out in the middle, I’d pick Steve Waugh. If I want someone who I know is going to have the technique to survive, you want a player like Tendulkar.

Brian Lara

The Caribbean is all Third World islands and it’s very tough to raise the money for sports.

Brian Lara

It’s a cliche that cricket is the only unifying force in the Caribbean. It is but there are a lot of other factors that keep us apart. Success in sport and war will always unite but you need to have a greater foundation and greater core.

Brian Lara

A high-profile player has to toe the line and I try to lead by example. A lot of guys appreciate that, and it is an advantage to have somebody as captain whom the players feel they can look up to; somebody whose door they can knock on to talk about anything on cricket or life.

Brian Lara

I want to be a consistent individual. I want to be someone my team can depend on all the time.

Brian Lara

Alzarri Joseph is someone who I look at and say ‘this guys has got potential, he’s a wicket-taker.’ He is someone who I’d like to see do well.

Brian Lara

We had thousands of people outside Queen‘s Park Oval in Trinidad. We would wait to get inside to watch a Test at six o’clock in the morning.

Brian Lara

I just want that someone in their 50s or 60s, when they talk about Brian Lara, they say ‘I enjoyed watching that guy playing cricket.’

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It’s a great achievement for a 29-year-old to play 100 Tests.

Brian Lara

As a boy, you never really thought of Hall of Fames, you never really thought of records.

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Getting into your 30s, you don’t feel the same as in your early 20s.

Brian Lara

Even I lost a series of Test matches as skipper.

Brian Lara

I’m not much of a sports fan.

Brian Lara

I try to read spinners and dictate to them, but they know very quickly if you’re not reading them or if you’re not confident.

Brian Lara

Well, I think that I pretty much grew up grow up wanting to represent the West Indies.

Brian Lara

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

Brian Lara

I have never played a Test match at the Eden… It’s such a big shame and disappointment.

Brian Lara

It’s an honour to captain the West Indies.

Brian Lara

Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.

Brian Lara

I’ve played with and against great players. I’ve been with Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and played against Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jaque Kallis and Virat Kohli is up there with the very best.

Brian Lara

Disability should not be considered a hindrance to achieving one’s goals.

Brian Lara

What you have to understand is that the first day I picked up a bat I made an impression on my older sister Agnes and my dad. It was about seeing people satisfied by what you’re doing. I was creating a fan base.

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I have enjoyed playing in England, and have enjoyed the reception I’ve got from the people here.

Brian Lara

KL Rahul has the technique for all forms of the game and for me more Test cricket than anything else. And if he performs so well in T20s and the 50-overs game, I think Test cricket is really where he’s made for.

Brian Lara

It doesn’t matter how many runs one person puts together. We want to get partnerships and get 400 runs on the board. One person can’t get 400 runs on the board if there is nobody at the other end.

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With all franchise cricket going on around in the world, the intensity of the game, sometimes is a burden.

Brian Lara

This is a moment I will cherish forever… the first man to score 500 runs.

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There are always going to be critics. But I have got to go out there and do my job.

Brian Lara

When I wasn’t doing well, I was too tough on myself but I truly tried to minimise it. So, I would always appreciate the fact that, things are not going to go well all the time.

Brian Lara

I believe cricket is a harder game. If at age six you started both sports you’d excel at golf more.

Brian Lara

MS Dhoni would know what’s best for him. He has served Indian cricket very well.

Brian Lara

People want sport that they can go on an afternoon and watch with their kids.

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The highest-ranked team in the world has the responsibility to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld every single time they play. And that the spirit of cricket is with them every time they enter the field.

Brian Lara

You just don’t pick up family values, unless your parents teach you and let you know exactly what they expect.

Brian Lara

First of all my golfing experience spans all corners of the World – Brazil, New Zealand, L.A. And I think the best place is when you play with friends. I particularly enjoy playing golf with my best friend, former Manchester United player Dwight Yorke. It is the best experience when we can get together on a golf course.

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I don’t play politics.

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Children need sports, even if they are inclined towards academics.

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