As a cricketer, I played on bravado and character. My personality was bound up with how I played the game. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I've had a go at captaincy. Batting and bowling and captaincy turned out to be a bit too much. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to facing Brett Lee again. He bowls at 95mph so enjoyment is not the word… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
The Ashes have been hard, but you take the accolades when they come along. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
It's far more daunting than bowling to Ricky Ponting or facing Shane Warne — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I'm completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
Since leaving cricket, I've tried my hand at professional boxing, a live stage show, and working for TV. I've had some interesting… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I played football and table tennis for local teams. I also played mini-rugby at primary school - I… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
The one thing we need to do to continue to maintain Test cricket as being special is cutting down the amount and… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
It was two different worlds: my world - cricket, the dressing room and the lads. And then family. Even when they travelled… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I like being out on the cricket field and performing and playing in front of a crowd. I find it quite tricky… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
Ambition is a funny thing. In cricket, as in many professions, it tends to take you on a journey away from where… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I made a series for ITV, just after I retired from Tests in 2009, called 'Flintoff Versus the World.' The idea was… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
Cricket was deemed too posh where I came from, and I'd never have risked walking home through the estates in my whites.… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I've been to a lot of places to play cricket, but cricket and training get in the way! In India, all you… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I had time with my family, which was great, but I am a cricketer, and once that was taken away from me,… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why you want to play cricket is to play in front of big crowds, and in India, it… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, in cricket and beyond, I've been incredibly lucky with my marriage. I met Rachael in 2002, and that was… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
Old Trafford - as a cricket ground, I love playing there. It's a second home for me; I've been going there since… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
It is one thing being scrutinised for playing a bad shot as a batsman or bowling a bad spell as a bowler,… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I was just 17 when I made my debut for Lancashire against Hampshire at Portsmouth. I got seven and a duck. I… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
When you get offered the captaincy, you've got to have a go. In India, where it went well, I was playing well… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
I've read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he's written some beauties. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
While I'm at second slip I'm not just thinking of what I'm going to have for tea. I'm considering the match as well, wondering… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
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… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I have to… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
I flew to Los Angeles to interview Vinnie Jones and Piers Morgan for the BBC and spent 11 hours in economy on BA, and… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
I'm completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be called in… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
I always listen to music before I go out to bat. Any track, really, just whatever I feel like at the time. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
It's usually the funny comments which are the better ones - and they are good for the game. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share
