--- title: "1 Hard Ball Quotes By Ben Stokes" description: "1 Hard Ball quotes by Ben Stokes. Plus more from Ben Stokes and more Hard Ball sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/ben-stokes-5571_early_after-2019-one-thing-that-really-stood-o_2672176.jpg" --- > [After 2019, one thing that really stood out to me was, early on, not going too hard at the ball and allowing myself to get in without too much risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/after-2019-one-thing-that-really-stood-out-to-me-was-early-on-not/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/ben-stokes-5571_early_after-2019-one-thing-that-really-stood-o_2672176.jpg) ## 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/hard-ball/ben-stokes/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hard Ball Quotes By Ben Stokes", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "After 2019, one thing that really stood out to me was, early on, not going too hard at the ball and allowing myself to get in without too much risk.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Stokes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/after-2019-one-thing-that-really-stood-out-to-me-was-early-on-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/ben-stokes-5571_early_after-2019-one-thing-that-really-stood-o_2672176.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/ben-stokes-5571_early_after-2019-one-thing-that-really-stood-o_2672176.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/ben-stokes-5571_early_after-2019-one-thing-that-really-stood-o_2672176.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“After 2019, one thing that really stood out to me was, early on, not going too hard at the ball and allowing…” — Ben Stokes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard-ball/ben-stokes/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard-ball/ben-stokes/", "name": "Hard Ball Quotes by Ben Stokes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard-ball/ben-stokes/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/ben-stokes-5571_early_after-2019-one-thing-that-really-stood-o_2672176.jpg" }, "description": "1 Hard Ball quotes by Ben Stokes. 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