Ian Botham Quotations

You wouldn't see those sorts of decisions given in village cricket, let alone Test cricket. The England players have my sympathy.

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.

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

A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos

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.

All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series.

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

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