Andrew Flintoff Quotes

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Andrew Flintoff

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : December 6, 1977

I won some winners' medals with Lancashire - a NatWest trophy and a couple of Sunday Leagues.

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I'll be fine, and suddenly I'll feel the depression coming on. It can start with the smallest thing.

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I've seen material competitiveness destroy relationships in dressing rooms. People end up worrying about what someone else is earning and whether they're missing out.

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I would like to be as successful as Ian Botham was, but if I'm doing anything, I'm doing it as myself.

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I enjoy playing Test cricket, especially against India in India.

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There have always been two people jostling for control of my life, two totally opposite characters. The first one is super-confident, bulletproof, a showman, and an extrovert. He tries to make people laugh, messes about, gets into trouble, shrugs it off. The other character is withdrawn and reflective.

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If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I don't want to be dominated by them. Hopefully people enjoy the way I play.

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We always gave one-day cricket respect as players, definitely.

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It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be called in the dressing room.

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If you're in a helicopter, and you hover, why does the Earth not come to you if it's round?

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I can remember all the bad games and rubbish shots I've played far more than all my successes. Luckily, as I've got older, I've got better at dealing with that. What's the point of regrets? They don't change anything.

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I never really felt I belonged; there was always a sense of apartness. At school, I was the cricketer.

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I've thrived on people writing me off. Because if you write me off, I'll shut you up.

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I am actually learning to enjoy bowling, and I never thought I'd say that. I didn't enjoy it in the past because it hurt. It hurt my back or my ankle.

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Some players like to practise right up to the start of play. But for me, whatever warming up I did was only going to be followed by cooling down again.

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Now, I have a confession to make. I hate warm-ups with a passion. Worst part of the whole day. Nonsense, they are.

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Since leaving cricket, I've tried my hand at professional boxing, a live stage show, and working for TV. I've had some interesting experiences, including working with the former basketball player Dennis Rodman.

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It annoys me when I phone a hotel receptionist in my own country, and they don't understand what I am saying because they don't speak English. I think that's wrong. It's nothing to do with being politically correct or incorrect; it's just not right.

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I've had a go at captaincy. Batting and bowling and captaincy turned out to be a bit too much.

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