Best 11 quotes of Geoffrey Boycott on MyQuotes

He was a top man and a good professional. He was one of those who you know will never play a trick and you can ask him to do anything for you and he will. An unassuming man and a great loss to us all.

If Trescothick had tried to get me off the field when batting well, I'd have hit him with my bat.

I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.

(James) Anderson has a gift from the gods: he could swing an orange.

Paul Harris is a buffet bowler - you just help yourself.

The Prince of Calcutta. Two of his special qualities are his intelligence and articulation, both of which have helped him immensely in the world of contemporary cricket.

To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

Until you've had depression I don't think you're qualified to talk about it.

When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video to analyse our techniques or look at faults, we depended on other cricketers to watch us and then tell us what they thought we were doing wrong.

The Aussies have spent so much time basking in the glory of the last generation that they have forgotten to plan for this one. It's just like the West Indies again; once their great names from the 1970s and 80s retired, the whole thing fell apart. The way things are going, the next Ashes series cannot come too quickly for England. What a shame that we have to wait until 2013 to play this lot again.