Nasser Hussain Quotes

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Nasser Hussain

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 28, 1968

I like back-to-back Tests at the end of a series, without any county game in between. We know county cricket has no bearing on Test cricket.

Nasser Hussain

I think I've broken every finger, and my wrist on a tennis court in Guyana, and at 33 you get other injuries like hernias and tennis elbow.

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Patriotism is something I wear in my heart not on my head.

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It is crucial to have an injury seen to quickly.

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It's not easy bowling off-spin in one-day internationals with only five men allowed on the leg side.

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Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting are anything but conventional, and you can't frown on Steve Waugh for playing his slog-sweep because it's so effective.

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Everyone should be decisive about what's best for them and stick to it.

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Spinners are a funny breed. If they're playing on seaming pitches they moan and if they're about to play on real 'Bunsen burners' they reckon the pressure is on them.

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There have been a few times in my career when I have been close to tears after completing an innings, but rarely when I am waiting to bat.

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You are only given so much talent and it is up to you what you do with it.

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Well, I've always prefered playing spin off the back foot because, to my mind, it takes short leg and silly point out of the equation.

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Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.

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Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.

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Learning how to win comes with switching the onus of pressure away from yourselves and then seizing your moment.

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As a player you always feel the pressure and as a team you are always trying to make sure the opposition are under it.

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People shouldn't underplay what the breaking up of a team does in every department.

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When I first became captain the job was new and refreshing and didn't affect my batting. I was still in the same mental pattern I had had for 10 years; batting came first and captaincy fitted in with that.

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I certainly do not want to be remembered as a good captain who perhaps didn't contribute with the bat as much as he might have done.

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In every sport you need a break and England seem to be the only cricket country which doesn't get one.

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There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.

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