Andrew Flintoff Quotes

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Andrew Flintoff

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : December 6, 1977

Looking back, I feel for the missus. She used to get the worst of me.

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I thought my dream job was to play cricket.

Andrew Flintoff

They're strange, the Aussies. Because if they like you, they say, 'Oh, he's an Aussie.' And I keep saying, 'I'm not, I'm from Preston.' There's nothing Australian about me. Don't start claiming me just because I've got a job over here.

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I always wanted to captain the teams I played in.

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I rate myself as a driver, but I think everybody does.

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It is one thing being scrutinised for playing a bad shot as a batsman or bowling a bad spell as a bowler, but the captaincy adds an extra dimension. The criticism is slightly harder to take.

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I've never been - and never will be - someone who 'plays the game' with people.

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I had time with my family, which was great, but I am a cricketer, and once that was taken away from me, it was as though part of me wasn't there.

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As a cricketer, I played on bravado and character. My personality was bound up with how I played the game.

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I made a series for ITV, just after I retired from Tests in 2009, called 'Flintoff Versus the World.' The idea was that I would attempt a series of extreme sports - rodeo riding, jumping out of aeroplanes, paragliding, cliff diving. I thought, 'Yeah, it looks fun. It's six weeks having a laugh.'

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One of the reasons why you want to play cricket is to play in front of big crowds, and in India, it is the perfect place to do that. The atmosphere here is like no other place in the world. Having experienced it once, you want to keep coming back.

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Success isn't about things we acquire.

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I do sometimes like a bit of cheese, like MC Hammer.

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I have a Harley and a Bourget, which I enjoy taking into the countryside.

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I was a professional cricketer for 16 years.

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I've got quite a lot of energy in me and a lot of pent-up aggression. I'm like a dog. I need walking.

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I've been offered all the usual, 'Strictly Come Dancing' and the like, but the one thing I know is that for me to be good, I've got to absolutely love doing something. And you can't dance the foxtrot half-hearted.

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When you get offered the captaincy, you've got to have a go. In India, where it went well, I was playing well ,and anything that needed doing, I'd do it myself. When I wasn't playing well, it was tough.

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Why, if we're hurtling through space, why would water stay still? Why is it not wobbling?

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I grew up watching 'Corrie,' and I still watch it whenever I can. It's got everything - drama, humour, and great characters. I used to watch it even when I was living in Dubai.

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