Top 20 Quotes by Ian Botham

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I'm not a great one for looking back.