Andrew Flintoff famous quotes

04-17-2025

But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I have to remember what I do for a living
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Change #Remember #Danger
That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated. What more could you want?
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Home #Mean #Sheep
I'm completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Different #Envelopes #Turns
It's far more daunting than bowling to Ricky Ponting or facing Shane Warne
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Bowling #Shane
I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Ugly #Overweight
In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Past #Trying #Ankles
I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to facing Brett Lee again. He bowls at 95mph so enjoyment is not the word I would use.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Use #Looking Forward #Not Sure
There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Play #Way #Pressure
When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he?" I feel privileged to have played against him.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Thinking #Trying #Want
Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Get Better #Instinct #Trust Your Instincts
A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Cracks #Machines #Bats
There are of course mornings when you wouldn't mind a lie in.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Morning #Lying #Mind
We have to take care of our own game. There's only one place we've got to stick up for ourselves and that's the pitch.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Games #Care #Sticks
My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Important #My Family #Distraction
I'm not too good with packing. I always have every intention of doing it the week before and then leave it until the last moment - but at least I do it myself, I don't leave it to the missus.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Lasts #Moments #Week
I'm not really someone who looks forward to the gym. But I realise it's something that I have to do to perform well on the pitch.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Looks #Wells #Realising
I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Trying #Helping #Temper
It's usually the funny comments which are the better ones - and they are good for the game.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Games #Comment
I like to think I'm calm. Sometimes I have arrived at the ground in the morning in a bad mood - you're not always going to be in the best of moods are you? - but by the time you get into the ground and you have a brew then it's normally fine.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Morning #Thinking #Bad Mood
I'm comfortable in the way I play and comfortable in who I am.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Who I Am #Play #Way
Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Media #Fit #Get Fit
While I'm at second slip I'm not just thinking of what I'm going to have for tea. I'm considering the match as well, wondering how I can help, if there is anything I can offer.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Thinking #Tea #Helping
If you're batting and you go off on one it can't really help you.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Helping #Batting #Ifs
I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Ipods #Gadgets #Honest
It's a big part of my life, listening to music and watching TV.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Listening #Tvs #Watching Tv
Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Cricket #Comfortable
When I have a day off, I will have a day off.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Days Off
If I'm playing well I'll get through a bat in three weeks. I batter them.
-- Andrew Flintoff

#Three #Bats #Week

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