Nasser Hussain Quotes

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Nasser Hussain

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 28, 1968

Being awarded the OBE was a great honour and something I had not been expecting.

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The Australians are a weird bunch - until the cricket starts they're really friendly, saying 'good luck' all the time, but the moment the cricket begins they have a real go at you.

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My philosophy is to respect the opposition off the field and play it as tough as possible on it.

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I play hard and I play to win, and my team play for me because of the backing I show them.

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I believe we should come down very firmly on the guilty without infringing the civil liberties of the innocent, like publishing mobile phone bills.

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I always used the media - if people were having a go I could use it as motivation to prove them wrong.

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What you don't want from a player is to walk off and say 'that's the way I play.'

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Sometimes you don't realise what you've got, because it's right in front of you.

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Sometimes we don't build up our own cricketers enough.

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You have to try to move your feet and get to the pitch to hit the spinners away.

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In the longer term we have got to learn how to bowl on flat pitches if England are to head the ICC Championship table.

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You should not be flat playing for your country.

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If a player sits out a tour, it is not a problem, because it is a chance to look at others.

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If you are not 100 per cent, Virender Sehwag or Chris Cairns will destroy you.

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If we are going to win games, we need 11 fit players. Sir Alex Ferguson does not pick half-fit players.

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I feel, as a captain, that when you face a batsman who plays spin well you feel as if you are a fielder short.

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Normally I don't sleep much during a Test match.

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I can't pick up a pair of new gloves like Alec Stewart or Mike Atherton. I have to get them sweaty and loose, and put extra stuff on my gloves to protect the fingers.

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Nothing worse than walking out in a Test match and finding your hand slipping on the handle.

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