Andrew Flintoff Quotes

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Andrew Flintoff

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : December 6, 1977

Throughout my career, in cricket and beyond, I've been incredibly lucky with my marriage. I met Rachael in 2002, and that was the year my England career kicked on. Everything started to click.

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Now, I am not saying that the world is flat, but it could be.

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My school was pretty tough, and I played football there so I would be accepted, to save myself a kicking.

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Cricket was deemed too posh where I came from, and I'd never have risked walking home through the estates in my whites. My club played some of the posh schools. I'd have the cheapest kit, but I loved those games. As soon as the posh lads opened their mouths and you heard their accents, the stakes were raised.

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A lot of kids don't get the chance to play sport.

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I wish I'd walked out of 'The Tourist' with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. I said to the missus after two minutes, 'He's her husband.' An hour and a half's worth of nonsense later, the big twist at the end is... he's her husband.

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I have been called a man of many talents, but I like to keep a few of those talents hidden.

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I am not a big fan of hockey.

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I've tired of looking into the future, imagining all the things I want to have.

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I'm gradually getting rid of all the things I don't need.

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I love music more than I love sport.

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I've been to a lot of places to play cricket, but cricket and training get in the way! In India, all you see is the hotel and the cricket ground.

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I flew to Los Angeles to interview Vinnie Jones and Piers Morgan for the BBC and spent 11 hours in economy on BA, and the leg room was fine. In business class, Virgin, BA, and Emirates are good. I've flown business class on Kingfisher, which has proper couches.

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I can easily go up to 19 stone or so if I'm not careful.

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When I retired first time around, injury had beaten me, and I hated that. Now I realise I'm no longer good enough. And I can handle that. It's fine that I'm not good enough.

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The one thing we need to do to continue to maintain Test cricket as being special is cutting down the amount and make it a real occasion rather than playing one after another.

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Looking at my family today, I think, 'I could not have done any better.' That's one thing I have got right.

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I don't live a rock n' roll lifestyle.

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Big things, a real crisis, I think I'm pretty good, but this little thing will just wallop me. I think I'm managing depression better now: when the mood comes, I just try and sit it out.

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My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger.

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