Best Shane Warne quotes: "You can't afford to live your life with regrets"
- Jonathan Doidge
- 4 March 2022
He made cricket an art form. He was pretty good with words too. Planet Sport's Jonathan Doidge takes a look back on Shane Warne's most famous quotes.
Here's a whistle stop tour of Shane Warne's life, in his own words.
On bowling leg spin
"The first thing is to be patient, which is probably the hardest thing to do. Don't worry if blokes are whacking you out of the park because you still have the opportunity to get him out next ball, even if it's not the same ball."
On having an opinion
"I also think there's too many players who say the same boring answers, they don't even have to turn up to interviews because journalists answer their own questions the way they ask them. Unfortunately the way it is now players are so afraid to say anything, but I'd like them to be honest."
On having fun
"The problem is there's still a big kid inside me who likes to have fun. I am passionate about my cricket and I love my family, but I'm also a kid and maybe I need to grow up... And maybe I don't."
On the press
"There are a lot more tabloids in England that like to report other things in your life, some of which are true and some of which are exaggerated and untrue. There have been stories where people claim to have seen me in one place and I wasn't even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic."
On his fellow countryfolk
"With Australians we're saying we're going to win before we start playing and pretty much keep on saying that."
On the true worth of his wickets tally
"The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia."
On his batting
"My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one."
On mental strength
"My life was falling apart and then to come out and play and have my best ever - 40 wickets, 250 runs... But the only reason I could do that was because of the way I thought and I think I'm pretty strong mentally. I think I am anyway, pretty strong to get over whatever it is."
On his celebrity
"It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time."
On the 'Gatting ball'
"I was 23 when that happened. I remember going to the Windmill Pub in London, we were staying at the Westbury Hotel 100 yards up the road … and I went for a pint with Merv (Hughes)."
