47 Quotes by Viv Richards

The true Caribbean people... we are carnival people, we are vibrant people, not dead people. We like to be heard and we like to have fun.

I didn't wear a helmet because I wanted to show that the bowler wasn't intimidating me, and also that's just the way I liked to bat.

Constructive criticism is not much accepted in the Caribbean.

Sugar Breeze, my favourite restaurant in Antigua, serves the best local food, while my local golf club, Cedar Valley, is where I always go for a drink.

Wherever the fight is, I'm going to be fighting.

But the guy who got hit and still tried to get in line, then gets hit again, that's the guy I will take with me on the field every day.

The next generation did not seem to be smart enough to realise that you have to work to be at the top and to stay at the top. You can have talent, but if you do not work hard it's not going to happen.

I won the glare with the bowler every time, because I knew that at some time he was going to have to turn around and go back to his mark.

I am thankful that I played the game at a time when the West Indies climbed to heights that have never been repeated.