Australian - Athlete | October 6, 1930 - April 10, 2015
Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.
Richie Benaud
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My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.
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Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.
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The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.
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In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.
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Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.
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The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.
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I know it's more five-star now than it was then, but it's still a difficult tour. In the same way as India and Pakistan players find it difficult coming to Australia. People sometimes have difficulty believing that.
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From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.
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But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.
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A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.
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Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.
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