Brian Lara Quotes

Author Image

Brian Lara

Profession : Cricketer

Birth : May 2, 1969

As a former cricketer you want to give something back.

Brian Lara

Children need sports, even if they are inclined towards academics.

Brian Lara

I have never played a Test match at the Eden... It's such a big shame and disappointment.

Brian Lara

When you succeed, you know, you can get swell-headed or you can be failing, and then you are all down in doldrums. So I try, as much as possible, to keep an even keel.

Brian Lara

I had to work hard... but I knew I had strong support.

Brian Lara

I played a couple first-class matches at Carlton and Guaracara Park and it was a real burial ground for the fast bowlers.

Brian Lara

I first took up golf in 1994, and used to play intermittently. I couldn't devote as much time to it as I would've liked.

Brian Lara

Well, I think that I pretty much grew up grow up wanting to represent the West Indies.

Brian Lara

MS Dhoni is an asset in any team he plays for.

Brian Lara

The most unfortunate thing in cricket is not achieving what I set out to do from the very beginning: to be a part of a successful team over a long period of time. I had a little taste of it when I started in 1989, and up till 1995.

Brian Lara

Sports will equip kids with the necessary tools to face academic challenges, and provide all-round development.

Brian Lara

I just want that someone in their 50s or 60s, when they talk about Brian Lara, they say 'I enjoyed watching that guy playing cricket.'

Brian Lara

Records are made to be broken. It's great when they are broken by attacking players.

Brian Lara

Pretty early, when I started playing golf, I was compared to Garfield Sobers, who played both cricket and golf.

Brian Lara

Every senior player has to play a part and help the skipper by performing their duties on the field and secondly by performing their duties off the field.

Brian Lara

We had thousands of people outside Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad. We would wait to get inside to watch a Test at six o'clock in the morning.

Brian Lara

I'm not much of a sports fan.

Brian Lara

Virat Kohli is someone I have great respect for.

Brian Lara

Engaging in sports from a young age will ensure physical and mental well-being.

Brian Lara

People want sport that they can go on an afternoon and watch with their kids.

Brian Lara