36 Quotes by Garfield Sobers

Indians are great lovers of cricket, they have always been that as far as I can remember – great followers of the game and have knowledge about the game.

In all of my life, when I was playing sports, I always put 100 percent. I have always given the best.

The game is always going to be bigger than the man and it doesn’t matter what you are doing; records or whatever, somebody is just going to come along and break your records. But to achieve something that people would always look up to is something you will always appreciate.

Records must not be the focus and that’s the most important thing. It mustn’t come at the cost of the team.

I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very best.

Australia is always a place that is dear to me; it is always my second home, and I try to get there as often as I can, but it is not next door, you know.

Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders.

If you take five wickets, someone has to take the catches. If you score a hundred, someone has to be there with you. You haven't done it individually. Some contributions may be small, but they are still tangible. You have to look at it from a team point of view. When you start looking at it as an individual, then you have no team.

The great all-rounders were not considered part-timers in one particular department. They could turn games at any stage and on any surface.