Ian Botham

The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates. ↗

— Ian Botham

#bad day #day #field #had #people

If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it? ↗

— Ian Botham

#good #got #hasn #hundred #lives

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time. ↗

— Ian Botham

#fascinating #his #khan #man #time

I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad. ↗

— Ian Botham

#age #always #another #around #cricket

I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for. ↗

— Ian Botham

#cricket #expect #find #ground #half

I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming. ↗

— Ian Botham

#get #i #i think #struggle #swimming

I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test. ↗

— Ian Botham

#best #cricket #england #eventually #exciting

I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me. ↗

— Ian Botham

#dying #i #image #me #stay

I'm not a great one for looking back. ↗

— Ian Botham

#great #i #looking #looking back

Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel. ↗

— Ian Botham

#capable #difficult #end #end of the tunnel #good