--- title: "11 Good Quotes By Ben Stokes" description: "11 Good quotes by Ben Stokes. Plus more from Ben Stokes and more Good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/ben-stokes-5571_board_we-ve-got-to-be-good-enough-to-put-runs_2234263.jpg" --- > [We've got to be good enough to put runs on board.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/we-ve-got-to-be-good-enough-to-put-runs-on-board/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/ben-stokes-5571_board_we-ve-got-to-be-good-enough-to-put-runs_2234263.jpg) > [Nothing good happens after midnight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/nothing-good-happens-after-midnight/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/ben-stokes-5571_after_nothing-good-happens-after-midnight-1304_1304181.jpg) > [You can do well one day and then not do well the other and you are not as good as everyone says.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/you-can-do-well-one-day-and-then-not-do-well-the-other-and-you-are/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/ben-stokes-5571_day_you-can-do-well-one-day-and-then-not-do_3002322.jpg) > [It's a cliche but I would rather be involved in a winning team than have good figures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/it-s-a-cliche-but-i-would-rather-be-involved-in-a-winning-team-than/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/ben-stokes-5571_cliche_it-s-a-cliche-but-i-would-rather-be-invo_1068051.jpg) > [I always look to perform with the bat and the ball and do good for my team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-always-look-to-perform-with-the-bat-and-the-ball-and-do-good-for-my/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/ben-stokes-5571_always_i-always-look-to-perform-with-the-bat-an_1409042.jpg) > [Being out there, as a 22-year-old, it opens your eyes up to the highest level of the sport. It can only do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/being-out-there-as-a-22-year-old-it-opens-your-eyes-up-to-the-highest/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/ben-stokes-5571_being_being-out-there-as-a-22-year-old-it-open_821171.jpg) > [There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/there-is-always-that-thing-when-you-step-up-a-level-and-you-worry-am/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/ben-stokes-5571_doubt_there-is-always-that-thing-when-you-step_383131.jpg) > [It's all good being there for people when things are going well and smoothly but what really comes through is how you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/it-s-all-good-being-there-for-people-when-things-are-going-well-and/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ben-stokes-5571_being_it-s-all-good-being-there-for-people-whe_2813933.jpg) > [Just being in the whole environment around the IPL, around the people that you ge to play with and against means it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/just-being-in-the-whole-environment-around-the-ipl-around-the-people/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/ben-stokes-5571_being_just-being-in-the-whole-environment-arou_925170.jpg) > [Jofra makes any team better. He is the most naturally gifted bowler I've seen and I don't think he realises how good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/jofra-makes-any-team-better-he-is-the-most-naturally-gifted-bowler-i/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/ben-stokes-5571_better_jofra-makes-any-team-better-he-is-the-mo_1908151.jpg) > [I know I'm in a very fortunate position. I make a good living doing something I used to do for fun as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-know-i-m-in-a-very-fortunate-position-i-make-a-good-living-doing/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/ben-stokes-5571_fortunate_i-know-i-m-in-a-very-fortunate-position_2555218.jpg) ## Other authors on Good ## More by Ben Stokes > [I have really enjoyed the responsibility of leading the team and making the decisions out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-have-really-enjoyed-the-responsibility-of-leading-the-team-and/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [I love playing against these guys who have the same attitude to the game that I have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-love-playing-against-these-guys-who-have-the-same-attitude-to-the/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [I think momentum is huge in sport, especially in a series like the Ashes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-think-momentum-is-huge-in-sport-especially-in-a-series-like-the/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [I don't know how you work on concentration. You are either born with it or you're not. And I was definitely not born with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-don-t-know-how-you-work-on-concentration-you-are-either-born-with/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [There are guys that you look at and you want to really bowl at them or bat against them, certain guys who really get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/there-are-guys-that-you-look-at-and-you-want-to-really-bowl-at-them/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [You just keep your feet on the floor. I never feel I get too high and I never feel I get too low about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/you-just-keep-your-feet-on-the-floor-i-never-feel-i-get-too-high-and/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [I'm not necessarily a form player, more of an in-the-moment player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-m-not-necessarily-a-form-player-more-of-an-in-the-moment-player/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [It's fine for a bowler to have a plan but I feel as a batter you need to have another plan to counteract what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/it-s-fine-for-a-bowler-to-have-a-plan-but-i-feel-as-a-batter-you-need/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [We are all about the equality through society and sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/we-are-all-about-the-equality-through-society-and-sport/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [There has always been sledging in cricket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/there-has-always-been-sledging-in-cricket/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [I'll have a few pints the night before a match.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-ll-have-a-few-pints-the-night-before-a-match/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [You can't feel your way into an Ashes series, you have to be switched on from ball one. That's just me in a nutshell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/you-can-t-feel-your-way-into-an-ashes-series-you-have-to-be-switched/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [It's not as if I ever left the pitch thinking 'I wish I'd given a bit more today.' You were always going to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/it-s-not-as-if-i-ever-left-the-pitch-thinking-i-wish-i-d-given-a-bit/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [I sort of know my role with the ball but with the bat I've been up and down the order quite a few times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-sort-of-know-my-role-with-the-ball-but-with-the-bat-i-ve-been-up/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) > [I don't want to be remembered as the guy who had a fight in the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/i-don-t-want-to-be-remembered-as-the-guy-who-had-a-fight-in-the-street/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/ben-stokes/#itemlist", "name": "11 Good Quotes By Ben Stokes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", 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