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Until we can get people who are willing to play for West Indies in the right way, I think that we're going to be struggling for a long time.
Garfield Sobers
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West Indian cricket means so much to people who live here. And when we're not doing well, we all feel it.
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In the 1950s, when we went to Lord's, you had to sit down, and it was very prim and proper. It was only in the 1960s when we started to do well that West Indians started voicing their opinions.
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If I am talking to a youngster, I coach him what I feel is best for him to bowl, how to hold the ball, how to bowl certain things, and how to bowl to certain batsmen, how to position himself. I never talk to them about the rules.
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There are a plenty of shots that I have been amazed by, but a lot of these shots are played because you have worn an iron mask. Take away the protection, and let me see if they play them. Don't forget that the past players did not have any protection.
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In the early days, when I first got into the WI team, when the Ws were playing, I would sit and watch. When you could learn from watching players like that, it was a great joy to watch them play.
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One of the things about the six sixes, which really comes over me every time somebody asks a question or says to me, 'I've just seen them,' or people always ask me about it... It makes me feel that's the only thing I've ever done in the history of cricket.
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My whole obligation was to West Indies cricket. As I have always said, 'I have never made a run for me.'
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Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders.
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An all-rounder is someone who can make it to the team purely on the basis of his batting or bowling. Not both.
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It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.
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A coach should be a person who is able to help a player mentally.
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