Cricket Quote by Jeffrey Bernard

I wanted to pursue my passion for cricket, but after school, I got into an engineering college.

— Rahul Dev

All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful.

— Alastair Cook

Cricket was never my first choice. I never wanted to be a sportsperson. It just happened. It was destiny.

— Mithali Raj

Although I was good at my studies, I also thought to myself that I should play cricket as well. And when the cricket team…

— Mohammad Amir

Going to play in India at the end of my career was particularly special. I never thought I would get the chance to even…

— Robert Pires

I would have loved to have been a cricketer.

— Christian Vieri

I wasn't good at school, so I wouldn't have gone to university. I'm so grateful for football, and I don't know where I would…

— Karen Carney

I was the youngest child and the only son. I was expected to shine in academics. It seemed like too big a risk to…

— Sushant Singh Rajput

I didn't get the chance to go to university, even though I'd have liked to. I was expected to go straight to work because…

— Angela Rippon

I have been passionate about cricket since childhood. I played the sport at the inter-school and inter-college level.

— Mukesh Rishi

I was enjoying my football, even though it wasn't really going well. That's when I said to my dad, who as a New Zealander…

— Ben Chilwell

Since my childhood, I saw my elder brothers playing cricket and that is what built my passion around it. I was enrolled in school…

— Shahid Afridi