Michael Clarke Quotes

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Michael Clarke

Profession : Cricketer

Birth : April 2, 1981

To me, Virat Kohli is the greatest batsman to have ever played one-day cricket. I have no doubts after seeing what he has achieved for India.

Michael Clarke

Professional sportspersons are role models, recognized and they have a responsibility. Having said that, everyone makes mistakes and one needs to move on and learn from them.

Michael Clarke

How much money you have earned is irrelevant because most important thing is to earn and give respect. I think it all starts with how you have been brought up.

Michael Clarke

I live and breathe cricket 24/7.

Michael Clarke

I would love not to take cricket home but I don't do shades of grey. I need to be 100 per cent committed.

Michael Clarke

Every time I come to India, I know I am going to get some great food.

Michael Clarke

Confidence is a vital part of any team and any squad. You have to earn that though.

Michael Clarke

It takes a lot of hard work to feel you can walk out onto a ground in an international game and have success and once you get it you want it to stay forever. So you've got to ride that wave for as long as you can.

Michael Clarke

I believe cricket is big part of this country's culture, like all sports but cricket is the most dominant in our country. It is in our blood and even if you don't sit and watch it, the sound of cricket represents summer.

Michael Clarke

I don't feel any more pressure or expectation because I'm captain. I want to win.

Michael Clarke

I remember my father, when I was a kid, retiring me on 50. He never used to let me bat past 50. He'd say I had to retire to give the other kids an opportunity.

Michael Clarke

That's why you train every single day. You want to just bat.

Michael Clarke

When I do well, I don't really feel it for me, I feel it for the people who have supported me through good times, but also through tough times.

Michael Clarke

Play tough Australian cricket. Whether we like it or not, that's in our blood. If you try and walk away from it, we might be the most liked team in the world, we're not going to win. We won't win a game.

Michael Clarke

I don't think Sir Michael Clarke suits me at all, no.

Michael Clarke

I wish I knew myself, when I was playing, with the insight I gained once I found peace and distance from cricket, and fatherhood. I might have enjoyed those last years more.

Michael Clarke

You need to do what's comfortable to you... if it doesn't suit your personality then I wouldn't try to be someone I'm not.

Michael Clarke

I have always enjoyed my time coming to India. It is a country where I have always felt welcome and I don't mind the spices, I can deal with it.

Michael Clarke

If one of our players is getting a hard time, we're going to stick up for him.

Michael Clarke