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Brian Lara

Profession : Cricketer

Birth : May 2, 1969

I remember the reason why did I start my golf. We had a four day game I was playing for Trinidad against the Leeward Islands. They had in their ranks Winston Benjamin, Curtly Ambrose and Kenneth Benjamin. To add to it, the track was a green top. The four day game lasted two days, so I had two days to play golf.

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I've played with and against great players. I've been with Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and played against Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jaque Kallis and Virat Kohli is up there with the very best.

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I don't see myself as a father figure but as someone who the younger players can come to and talk to about cricket. Not just batting but cricket in general and I am ready to impart with any information or advice I have.

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KL Rahul has the technique for all forms of the game and for me more Test cricket than anything else. And if he performs so well in T20s and the 50-overs game, I think Test cricket is really where he's made for.

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I know the history of West Indies cricket and I know what it means to the people.

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I feel as if I was to strike on one thing that I was decent at was mentally where I prepared myself strongly.

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As a boy, you never really thought of Hall of Fames, you never really thought of records.

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I am always committed to West Indies cricket.

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The World Cup is not a normal one-day series.

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It has been a great honour to play for the West Indies, to hold a bat and to spend 17 years in international cricket. That is something I am proud of.

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After cricket I'd love to build a family, I'd love to get close to someone and have kids, see them evolve into something special.

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A guy who is walking out of his crease purposefully because he wants to take advantage is wrong.

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I really enjoyed the period in which I played my cricket. I can look back now and wish I started 10 years later and played in the T20s. But I also wish I was born 10 years earlier so that I could have been part of the all-conquering West Indies team of that time.

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Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

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MS Dhoni would know what's best for him. He has served Indian cricket very well.

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I would like to be remembered as someone who came out there and tried to entertain.

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Yes, golf is a weird game. I was capable of dealing with moving and bouncing cricket balls, but this little silly ball, sitting on the ground, gave me quite a headache early on for few years, but taught me how to be disciplined in controlling the ball.

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After accepting the captaincy at the beginning of the 1998 season, I immediately set high but attainable goals for the West Indies cricket team and myself.

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I grew up at a time when West Indies dominated the world. For 15 years from 1980, the West Indies never lost a Test series.

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When I was 21, I did not have that much pressure. I was sitting down on the bench... you know... cleaning Sir Vivian Richards's boots or doing something... getting ready to play international cricket.

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