Ian Botham Quotes

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.
Ian Botham

Bad, Understand, Talk

If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?
Ian Botham

Change, Good, Lives

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.
Ian Botham

Tomorrow, Why, After

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.
Ian Botham

Time, Ahead, Khan

I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.
Ian Botham

Age, Parents, Football

I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
Ian Botham

Morning, Find, Cricket

I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.
Ian Botham

Struggle, Excited, Swimming

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.
Ian Botham

Best, Single, Two

I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me.
Ian Botham

Children, Dying, Stay

I'm not a great one for looking back.
Ian Botham

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.
Ian Botham

Time, Good, End

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.
Ian Botham

Sports, Cricket, Trials

Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
Ian Botham

Together, Emotions, Bring

The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.
Ian Botham

Great, Amazing, Running

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
Ian Botham

Nothing, Two, Exciting

There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.
Ian Botham

Work, Politics, Done

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.
Ian Botham

Good, Positive, Win

To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
Ian Botham

Success, Live, Win

Winston Churchill would be great to have around the table.
Ian Botham

Great, Around, Table

You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives.
Ian Botham

Future, Trying, Lives

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Nationality: English

Born: November 24, 1955

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