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title: "6 Bats Quotes By Andrew Flintoff"
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> [I always listen to music before I go out to bat. Any track, really, just whatever I feel like at the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-always-listen-to-music-before-i-go-out-to-bat-any-track-really-just/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/andrew-flintoff-3137_bats_i-always-listen-to-music-before-i-go-out_147572.jpg)

> [If you go out to bat against Australia, they come at you hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/if-you-go-out-to-bat-against-australia-they-come-at-you-hard/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/andrew-flintoff-3137_australia_if-you-go-out-to-bat-against-australia-t_705778.jpg)

> [If I'm playing well I'll get through a bat in three weeks. I batter them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/if-i-m-playing-well-i-ll-get-through-a-bat-in-three-weeks-i-batter/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/andrew-flintoff-3137_bats_if-i-m-playing-well-i-ll-get-through-a-b_864585.jpg)

> [My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/my-bats-were-brilliant-the-shape-of-them-changed-and-towards-the-end/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/andrew-flintoff-3137_bats_my-bats-were-brilliant-the-shape-of-them_2149415.jpg)

> [A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/a-lot-of-the-lads-have-a-bat-for-the-nets-a-bat-for-facing-the/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

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> [I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-m-not-someone-who-needs-to-bat-and-bat-to-be-in-form/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/andrew-flintoff-3137_bats_i-m-not-someone-who-needs-to-bat-and-bat_2938911.jpg)

## Other authors on Bats

## More by Andrew Flintoff

> [I've read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he's written some beauties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-ve-read-a-lot-of-irvine-welsh-trainspotting-glue-he-s-written-some/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/while-i-m-at-second-slip-i-m-not-just-thinking-of-what-i-m-going-to/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/old-trafford-as-a-cricket-ground-i-love-playing-there-it-s-a-second/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/but-there-is-no-danger-of-my-not-concentrating-on-cricket-i-m/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-m-ugly-i-m-overweight-but-i-m-happy/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/in-the-past-five-weeks-i-ve-trained-hard-trying-to-get-my-ankle-back/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [I flew to Los Angeles to interview Vinnie Jones and Piers Morgan for the BBC and spent 11 hours in economy on BA, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-flew-to-los-angeles-to-interview-vinnie-jones-and-piers-morgan-for/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [I'm completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-m-completely-different-from-pietersen-he-would-turn-up-to-the/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [Now, I am not saying that the world is flat, but it could be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/now-i-am-not-saying-that-the-world-is-flat-but-it-could-be/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be called in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/it-was-an-old-cricket-coach-who-started-calling-me-fred-as-in/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [I always listen to music before I go out to bat. Any track, really, just whatever I feel like at the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-always-listen-to-music-before-i-go-out-to-bat-any-track-really-just/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [It's usually the funny comments which are the better ones - and they are good for the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/it-s-usually-the-funny-comments-which-are-the-better-ones-and-they/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [I actually love the Discovery Channel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-actually-love-the-discovery-channel/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/i-ll-take-my-ipod-though-i-m-not-very-good-with-gadgets-to-be-honest/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

> [Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-flintoff/whatever-was-written-in-the-media-was-beyond-me-the-only-thing-i/)

[Andrew Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-flintoff/)

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