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> [I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I felt that this player is playing with a style similar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/i-saw-him-playing-on-television-and-was-struck-by-his-technique-so-i/)

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## More by Donald Bradman

> [When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/when-you-play-test-cricket-you-don-t-give-the-englishmen-an-inch-play/)

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> [“The finest of athletes have, along with skill, a few more essential qualities: to conduct their life with dignity, with integrity, with courage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/the-finest-of-athletes-have-along-with-skill-a-few-more-essential/)

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> [May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/may-cricket-continue-to-flourish-and-spread-its-wings-the-world-can/)

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> [Many cricketers who had more ability than I had, Why they didn't make more runs than I did, I don't know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/many-cricketers-who-had-more-ability-than-i-had-why-they-didn-t-make/)

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> [I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/i-saw-him-playing-on-television-and-was-struck-by-his-technique-so-i/)

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> [Despite recent sad developments, cricket will survive and remain our most noble game and I shall always remain proud of the part I played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/despite-recent-sad-developments-cricket-will-survive-and-remain-our/)

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> [I was never coached; I was never told how to hold a bat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/i-was-never-coached-i-was-never-told-how-to-hold-a-bat/)

[Donald Bradman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-bradman/)

> [The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/the-game-of-cricket-existed-long-before-i-was-born-it-will-be-played/)

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> [There are people who wish to draw attention to themselves by attacking me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/there-are-people-who-wish-to-draw-attention-to-themselves-by/)

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> [Every ball went exactly where I wanted it to go until the ball that got me out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/every-ball-went-exactly-where-i-wanted-it-to-go-until-the-ball-that/)

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> [Test Cricket is not a light-hearted business, especially that between England and Australia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/test-cricket-is-not-a-light-hearted-business-especially-that-between/)

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> [When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities which I believe to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/when-considering-the-stature-of-an-athlete-or-for-that-matter-any/)

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> [About the last thing I ever wanted in life was a knighthood, and even today some forty years after the event, I find it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/about-the-last-thing-i-ever-wanted-in-life-was-a-knighthood-and-even/)

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> [Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-bradman/reading-poetry-and-watching-cricket-were-the-sum-of-my-world-and-the/)

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