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Playing for England was always something I dreamt of and, of course, you then think of the captaincy. It was something I never thought I would be offered, especially after the way I started my career. But when it came along, I was very keen to have a go.

The Ashes have been hard, but you take the accolades when they come along.

It is one thing being scrutinised for playing a bad shot as a batsman or bowling a bad spell as a bowler, but the captaincy adds an extra dimension. The criticism is slightly harder to take.

Big things, a real crisis, I think I'm pretty good, but this little thing will just wallop me. I think I'm managing depression better now: when the mood comes, I just try and sit it out.

My school was pretty tough, and I played football there so I would be accepted, to save myself a kicking.

Cricket was deemed too posh where I came from, and I'd never have risked walking home through the estates in my whites. My club played some of the posh schools. I'd have the cheapest kit, but I loved those games. As soon as the posh lads opened their mouths and you heard their accents, the stakes were raised.

I'll be fine, and suddenly I'll feel the depression coming on. It can start with the smallest thing.

I take the same Timberland holdall wherever I go, stuffed with all my gear. Or a Louis Vuitton weekender my wife bought me. I'd never have a bag that you wheel; they get in the way.

India - I've always felt at home there. Delhi and Mumbai and the Taj Mahal are all incredible - but it's the people I love. Indians are so interesting and accommodating and friendly. The best hotel I've stayed at there is the Rambagh Palace in Jaipur: its architecture is unbelievable.

I have a Harley and a Bourget, which I enjoy taking into the countryside.

I flew to Los Angeles to interview Vinnie Jones and Piers Morgan for the BBC and spent 11 hours in economy on BA, and the leg room was fine. In business class, Virgin, BA, and Emirates are good. I've flown business class on Kingfisher, which has proper couches.

Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.

I've had a go at captaincy. Batting and bowling and captaincy turned out to be a bit too much.

I enjoy playing Test cricket, especially against India in India.

We always gave one-day cricket respect as players, definitely.

Throughout my career, in cricket and beyond, I've been incredibly lucky with my marriage. I met Rachael in 2002, and that was the year my England career kicked on. Everything started to click.

Looking back, I feel for the missus. She used to get the worst of me.

It was two different worlds: my world - cricket, the dressing room and the lads. And then family. Even when they travelled with me, it wasn't always easy to bridge the gap.

Looking at my family today, I think, 'I could not have done any better.' That's one thing I have got right.

I've tired of looking into the future, imagining all the things I want to have.

I'm gradually getting rid of all the things I don't need.

I've seen material competitiveness destroy relationships in dressing rooms. People end up worrying about what someone else is earning and whether they're missing out.

Success isn't about things we acquire.

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.

I never really felt I belonged; there was always a sense of apartness. At school, I was the cricketer.

I've thrived on people writing me off. Because if you write me off, I'll shut you up.

As a cricketer, I played on bravado and character. My personality was bound up with how I played the game.

I've never been - and never will be - someone who 'plays the game' with people.

I don't suck up to anyone or do any of that. I point-blank refuse. I just hate it.

I remember, when Paul Collingwood first came into the dressing room, we did everything together. We practised together, trained together, had dinner together; we batted together and did well in games together - we were thick as thieves. When he got established, he just binned me.

I love music more than I love sport.

I worked behind the record counter at Woolworths when I was 16. It was when Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe' came out and The Verve were getting big. I'd have probably worked my way up to store manager if I'd have stuck around.

I do sometimes like a bit of cheese, like MC Hammer.

I'm a bit old school with my aftershave - I still wear Joop.

When you get offered the captaincy, you've got to have a go. In India, where it went well, I was playing well ,and anything that needed doing, I'd do it myself. When I wasn't playing well, it was tough.

The one thing we need to do to continue to maintain Test cricket as being special is cutting down the amount and make it a real occasion rather than playing one after another.

You can do pretty much anything you want in Dubai. In terms of getting around, everywhere's within half an hour in the car.

I would try monoskiing, but the problem is my dodgy knee's on my right side, and my bad ankle's on my left, so I can't really use either.

I want to be the world's number one one-day player; I want to win a World Cup, win the championship with Lancashire - those are my motivations.

I have no problems with a multicultural society; I think that is to the benefit of the country. But you have to be careful what levels you take it to.

It annoys me when I phone a hotel receptionist in my own country, and they don't understand what I am saying because they don't speak English. I think that's wrong. It's nothing to do with being politically correct or incorrect; it's just not right.

Cricket kept me away from trouble.

A lot of kids don't get the chance to play sport.

When I retired first time around, injury had beaten me, and I hated that. Now I realise I'm no longer good enough. And I can handle that. It's fine that I'm not good enough.

Since leaving cricket, I've tried my hand at professional boxing, a live stage show, and working for TV. I've had some interesting experiences, including working with the former basketball player Dennis Rodman.

I made a series for ITV, just after I retired from Tests in 2009, called 'Flintoff Versus the World.' The idea was that I would attempt a series of extreme sports - rodeo riding, jumping out of aeroplanes, paragliding, cliff diving. I thought, 'Yeah, it looks fun. It's six weeks having a laugh.'

In my early England days, there was a bit of tension with captain Nasser Hussain.

I was great mates with Muttiah Muralitharan, dating back to the days when we both played together at Lancashire.

I don't play for money. I'm not sure I even can play just for money. Money is great; I can't lie about that.

Ambition is a funny thing. In cricket, as in many professions, it tends to take you on a journey away from where you started. That's fine, maybe inevitable. But no one ever tells you that the biggest days aren't always the best days. And the richest prizes aren't the ones you remember.

I won some winners' medals with Lancashire - a NatWest trophy and a couple of Sunday Leagues.

'Top Gear' is one of those shows that you'd love to do.

Now, I have a confession to make. I hate warm-ups with a passion. Worst part of the whole day. Nonsense, they are.

Some players like to practise right up to the start of play. But for me, whatever warming up I did was only going to be followed by cooling down again.

I like the look of all-rounder Ben Stokes. I usually have no interest in comparing new players with myself, but there are some interesting parallels here.

They're strange, the Aussies. Because if they like you, they say, 'Oh, he's an Aussie.' And I keep saying, 'I'm not, I'm from Preston.' There's nothing Australian about me. Don't start claiming me just because I've got a job over here.

I would never bet against a side I'm playing in. I'd never bet against myself, ever.

My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger.

The thing with sledging is it very rarely goes well. Usually, if I was sledging, I was struggling.

I rate myself as a driver, but I think everybody does.

I thought my dream job was to play cricket.

I have been called a man of many talents, but I like to keep a few of those talents hidden.

It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be called in the dressing room.

Sometimes, there's a fine line between bravery and utter stupidity. The day I decided to climb into a boxing ring for a professional fight was probably on the side of stupidity.

I can remember all the bad games and rubbish shots I've played far more than all my successes. Luckily, as I've got older, I've got better at dealing with that. What's the point of regrets? They don't change anything.

Apart from the occasional bit of dad dancing, I really can't dance.

I grew up watching 'Corrie,' and I still watch it whenever I can. It's got everything - drama, humour, and great characters. I used to watch it even when I was living in Dubai.

I wish I'd walked out of 'The Tourist' with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. I said to the missus after two minutes, 'He's her husband.' An hour and a half's worth of nonsense later, the big twist at the end is... he's her husband.

I actually love the Discovery Channel.

With the cricket, I knew what I was doing - to a degree.

You're never prepared for the end of a career.

Now, I am not saying that the world is flat, but it could be.

Why, if we're hurtling through space, why would water stay still? Why is it not wobbling?

If you're in a helicopter, and you hover, why does the Earth not come to you if it's round?

I can easily go up to 19 stone or so if I'm not careful.

I'm not that good at cards.

Old Trafford - as a cricket ground, I love playing there. It's a second home for me; I've been going there since I was young. It just feels right there.

I am not a big fan of hockey.

If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I don't want to be dominated by them. Hopefully people enjoy the way I play.

I would like to be as successful as Ian Botham was, but if I'm doing anything, I'm doing it as myself.

When I was younger, I played football and table tennis for local teams. I also played mini-rugby at primary school - I was tall for my age - and Preston Grasshoppers wanted me, but I wasn't that interested in rugby. It was always going to be cricket for me.

In boxing, Mike Tyson fascinates me. The attitude and confidence that he could not be beaten when he was heavyweight champion of the world was interesting. He came across as very mild-mannered, and much of what he said made sense.

I was just 17 when I made my debut for Lancashire against Hampshire at Portsmouth. I got seven and a duck. I didn't get a wicket, either. Funnily enough, it was more nerve-wracking than playing for England.

My father, Colin, and my brother, Chris, who is four years older than me, were a great help to me when I was younger.

I like spending time away with the family.

I like going down the pub with my mates and horse racing. I don't do anything that exciting.

I don't live a rock n' roll lifestyle.

I like being out on the cricket field and performing and playing in front of a crowd. I find it quite tricky when there are press photographers outside my house. It's all very bizarre.

I had time with my family, which was great, but I am a cricketer, and once that was taken away from me, it was as though part of me wasn't there.

I am actually learning to enjoy bowling, and I never thought I'd say that. I didn't enjoy it in the past because it hurt. It hurt my back or my ankle.

One of the reasons why you want to play cricket is to play in front of big crowds, and in India, it is the perfect place to do that. The atmosphere here is like no other place in the world. Having experienced it once, you want to keep coming back.

I took my wife to a really expensive hotel in Dubai. This was when we were first dating, so I wanted to impress her. I had scallops, and after that, I went to the bathroom to be sick. I realised I had just paid £300 or £400 on scallops just to throw it up. My wife and I then talked about it; I knew I had a problem.

I've got quite a lot of energy in me and a lot of pent-up aggression. I'm like a dog. I need walking.

Maybe it's the sportsman in me, but if it is going to be television, I want to be the best I can be.

I was a professional cricketer for 16 years.

I've been offered all the usual, 'Strictly Come Dancing' and the like, but the one thing I know is that for me to be good, I've got to absolutely love doing something. And you can't dance the foxtrot half-hearted.

I've been to a lot of places to play cricket, but cricket and training get in the way! In India, all you see is the hotel and the cricket ground.

North of England, you're brought up on fish and chips. Friday or Saturdays every week, it was a treat.

I love Britain, but I've only been to the obvious places.

I always wanted to captain the teams I played in.

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