Glenn Turner quotes
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“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.”
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“I met my wife [Sukhinder Kaur Gill] in Bombay at an official function. And then we courted for three years. That's a great old term, 'courting’. And we had to do it quietly, of course, because you would know the difficulties one might have with Indian parents. She was advised by her father that people in the West don't take marriage seriously.”
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“In this modern day and age, we have instant coffee, instant tea - instant disbelief. That's the reason we will never become anything. It is because we will never believe in ourselves. We will always listen to the mass majority. If everybody's making fun of you and criticizing you, then you know you're on the right track. 'Cause most people ain't got it.”
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“And if we seem nutty to you and if we seem like an odd ball to you, just remember one thing. The mighty oak tree was once a nut just like me.”
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“As every new breed of virus is conceived, created and released into the wild, another small change is made to the anti-virus software to combat the new threat.”
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“I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.”
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“I keep trying to bring a more professional approach to New Zealand cricket. It's an uphill battle. I stay in the game because I find it intriguing and interesting. I'm not interested in coaching international sides. I don't mind short-term coaching. I don't want to get involved in the politics of teams.”
-- Glenn TurnerSource : "Here They Are Jayne Mansfield". Book by Raymond Strait, 1992.
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“I think all versions of limited-overs cricket have attracted more people to the game.”
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“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
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“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”
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“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”
Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36
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“The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.”
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“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
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