77 Quotes by Ricky Ponting

I think we’ve been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.

I know when I’ve been playing a lot of golf it takes me a while to get back into cricket again. It’s not so much the different shape of the swings, more the fact that you are stationary when you hit a golf ball. In cricket you have to move forward or back, which is an instinctive timing thing.

I guess we speak pretty loosely, don’t we, about looking forward to the Ashes and all that-and we are, but it’s not with both eyes. We’ve got one eye on that and one eye on what we need to get in place to make sure we’re the best team we can be for November.

How much golf I actually play depends on whom you ask. My wife says I’m out there every day. If you ask me, the cricket is getting in the way of the golf.

It’s always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.