John Arlott quotes

John Arlott quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Australianism' means single-minded determination to win - to win within the laws but, if necessary, to the last limit within them. It means where the 'impossible' is within the realm of what the human body can do, there are Australians who believe that they can do it - and who have succeeded often enough to make us wonder if anything is impossible to them. It means they have never lost a match - particularly a Test match - until the last run is scored or their last wicket down.”
-- John Arlott

#Running Quotes #Determination Quotes #Believe Quotes
“Looking for a cricket quote for inspiration? Or, maybe a cricket quote to make you laugh? Check out this collection of the best cricket quotations.”
-- John Arlott

#Inspiration Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Checks Quotes
“We take life too lightly and sport too seriously.”
-- John Arlott

#Sports Quotes
“Fred Trueman the man has often been tactless, haphazard, crude, a creature of impulse.”
-- John Arlott

#Men Quotes #He Man Quotes #Impulse Quotes
“Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator”
-- John Arlott

#Done Quotes #Bills Quotes #Arithmetic Quotes
“Ray Illingworth is relieving himself in front of the pavilion.”
-- John Arlott

#Rays Quotes
“Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing a bowler supported by ten fieldsmen and observed by two umpires to ensure that his error does not go unpunished.”
-- John Arlott

#Lonely Quotes #Team Quotes #Games Quotes
“The umpire signals a bye with the air of a weary stalk”
-- John Arlott

#Air Quotes #Umpires Quotes #Bye Quotes
“It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps.”
-- John Arlott

#Umpires Quotes #Dresses Quotes #Tasks Quotes
“Umpire Harold Bird, having a wonderful time, signalling everything in the world, including stopping traffic coming on from behind.”
-- John Arlott

#Umpires Quotes #Bird Quotes #Stopping Quotes
“Wine is a successful effort to translate the perishable into the permanent.”
-- John Arlott

#Food Quotes #Wine Quotes #Successful Quotes
“A stroke of a man knocking a thistle top with a walking stick”
-- John Arlott

#Men Quotes #Sticks Quotes #Knocking Quotes

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