Nasser Hussain Quotes

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Nasser Hussain

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 28, 1968

When I see people like Pietersen bat, I wish that I'd freed up a bit as a batsman, but it's very easy to say now.

Nasser Hussain

Some would argue the opposite: that with better pitches you should be able to express yourself, a bit like Kevin Pietersen does. Looking back, I wish I had been a bit more like that. But I always had a fear of failure, a fear of getting out, so I tried to eliminate risk from my game.

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I played my first ever Test in Kingston in 1990. I'd just graduated from Durham University and there I was, at Sabina Park, playing Test cricket.

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I've played cricket seriously since I was eight years old, when I first played for the Essex under-11s. I can't just turn it off.

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If you try and cover all your bases, like the ECB tend to do, you end up with muddled decisions.

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I've been married a long time.

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I have applied to go to either Durham or Loughborough University to study Applied Physics and would like to get some qualification behind me. But when I do think about becoming professional Essex would be my first choice as I have been very happy playing and practising with them.

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I went to Spain with my brother when I was about 17. We stayed near Barcelona and it was terrible. There were floods and I ended up missing my flight home.

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I enjoy India whenever I go and Sri Lankans are overwhelmingly friendly.

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There are lots of places I would love to go to in Europe and North America.

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When you've done as much travelling as I have, it becomes hard work - I probably spend 90 per cent of the year travelling.

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At the end of my career I always wanted to look back and know that I had given it my absolute best.

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Tiger Woods is someone I'd like to ask questions of. I'm fascinated to know about his life - everything he goes through, is he happy being Tiger Woods?

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I admire anyone who can show they can dig deep. Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia, people who are obviously mentally strong. Or Graham Thorpe. He is your fighter. He's the kid who is bullied at school but will stand up in a fight when it matters.

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Sometimes when you're around a side you don't realise how good they are until you go away from home and they are a very fine team.

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Many Pakistani fans will say they have followed their team for too long and had their hearts broken many times, but I love them, and I love their cricket.

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Pakistan is a very emotional, cricket-loving nation and what Pakistan need is a street-fighter-type in charge of the team.

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I think Kohli is magnificent in a run chase, I have to say. He has won so many matches for India.

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So for me Tendulkar is the greatest but Kohli is not far behind and could well end up as the greatest.

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You have to think about ways of improving the helmet all the time, balancing protection with being able to move and see the ball.

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