I have travelled the globe and experienced racial remarks towards me because I am black, believe me, the list goes on.
– Chris Gayle
I’m disappointed people don’t recognise what I did in Test cricket. For an opening batsman to get two triple centuries? A lot of greats haven’t got one.
– Chris Gayle
I am committed to whatever cricket I play. Once I step across the line I am 100 percent committed – it doesn’t matter what kind of cricket we play.
– Chris Gayle
How can you disrespect the West Indies when we were so dominant in world cricket for so long? We have to face it ourselves because our own board don’t defend us.
– Chris Gayle
Racism is not only in football, it’s in cricket too. Even within teams as a black man, I get the end of the stick. Black and powerful. Black and proud.
– Chris Gayle
It is always honour to captain the West Indies.
– Chris Gayle
Black lives matter just like any other life.
– Chris Gayle
Now T20 is different. It’s not Test cricket. It’s chilled and fun and let’s do things different.
– Chris Gayle
You start off slowly, getting ‘better and ‘better, getting that confidence in yourself. It brought that out of me which I had inside but, you know, didn’t want to express it – but as a captain you have to.
– Chris Gayle
I didn’t want to be captain, I wanted to have more free time. I didn’t want that added pressure at that particular time, but they actually insist, insist, insist, so I said OK. So I thought, just get on with it.
– Chris Gayle
Even in Jamaica, your own country, coming into youth cricket you need to be from an upscale high school or have a light skin. As you get older you get used to the culture. My club, Lucas Cricket Club, was the only one to accept black people back in the day.
– Chris Gayle
As West Indians we have always been disrespected. As soon as we fight back they make it look like we are the bad one in the media. We’ve experienced these things over the years. So it’s no surprise.
– Chris Gayle
That’s how life is. All eyes on you, and all things point to you. Once things don’t go well, fingers going to point.
– Chris Gayle
I am a sporty person who loves to go to the gym, train, play football.
– K. L. Rahul
You know when you go to Australia you will get sledged. That’s the fun of the game.
– K. L. Rahul
I have had to work really hard at white-ball cricket. It doesn’t come naturally to me, I was a slow batsman; I worked hard on my game and fitness.
– K. L. Rahul
I have always liked to attack the bowlers, and batting is all about getting runs.
– K. L. Rahul
Quite honestly, cricket is same at all levels. It’s a game of bat and ball.
– K. L. Rahul
Learn from the mistake you made and go forward.
– Jasprit Bumrah
During pressure situations, it is important to have confidence in your ability.
– Jasprit Bumrah
You never know: anything can happen on any day.
– Jasprit Bumrah
I used to play tennis ball cricket quite a lot before playing serious cricket. Over there, you bowl yorkers. That could be the reason I bowl yorkers.
– Jasprit Bumrah
As a bowler, you have to constantly have to learn new things, and that’s been my main aim all the time.
– Jasprit Bumrah
When two players are playing with passion for their country, that’s good to see.
– Stuart Broad
Shaun Pollock is actually the best role model for me as a very good attritional bowler.
– Stuart Broad
If someone wants to try to hit a spinner over mid-on, with the ball turning away from the blade, there is a chance of taking a wicket.
– Stuart Broad
People talk about cricket being an individual game but I really don’t agree; everything is done in a partnership.
– Stuart Broad
My life changed forever the first time I went to the southern hemisphere.
– Stuart Broad
I’m a bit old school with my aftershave – I still wear Joop.
– Andrew Flintoff
There have always been two people jostling for control of my life, two totally opposite characters. The first one is super-confident, bulletproof, a showman, and an extrovert. He tries to make people laugh, messes about, gets into trouble, shrugs it off. The other character is withdrawn and reflective.
– Andrew Flintoff