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Garfield Sobers
Athlete
Cricket
Game
Good
Me
People
You
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People call me a genius. I don't know much about geniuses. But I do believe that what I achieved was not just because of the ability that I was born with but also because I worked hard.
Garfield Sobers
Me
People
Genius
Believe
Ability
Born
About
Know
Also
Geniuses
Call
Because
Just
Achieved
Just Because
Worked
Much
Hard
T20 is good entertainment. It is a game you need. People go to watch it. You have to be careful how far you let it go.
Garfield Sobers
Good
You
Game
Entertainment
People
Be Careful
How
How Far
Go
Far
Watch
Need
Careful
My whole obligation was to West Indies cricket. As I have always said, I have never made a run for me. Records meant nothing. The team was important.
Garfield Sobers
Me
Obligation
Made
Important
Nothing
Cricket
Run
Indies
Records
Never
Said
Always
West
Meant
Team
Whole
Until we can get people who are willing to play for West Indies in the right way, I think that we're going to be struggling for a long time.
Garfield Sobers
Time
People
Long
Long Time
Think
Way
Right Way
Willing
Indies
Struggling
Until
West
Get
Going
Who
Play
Right
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.
Garfield Sobers
You
Looking
Hundred
Some
Someone
Small
Point
Individual
Point Of View
Take
Individually
Look
Still
Tangible
Score
Five
Contributions
Done
May
Then
View
Team
Start
When I played cricket for the West Indies, I never worried. I never really watched anyone else. I had a job to do, and I tried to do it to the best of my ability.
Garfield Sobers
Best
Job
Cricket
Else
Worried
Tried
Ability
Indies
Never
Had
West
Anyone
Anyone Else
Really
Played
Watched
In the 1950s, when we went to Lord's, you had to sit down, and it was very prim and proper. It was only in the 1960s when we started to do well that West Indians started voicing their opinions.
Garfield Sobers
You
Sit
Down
Indians
Proper
Only
Had
Well
Opinions
Lord
West
Very
Started
If you are going to raise youngsters for Test cricket that don't have the experience, you can't stick them into T20. You've got to teach them first how to play Test cricket, and when they're good enough for Test cricket and if they want to play both formats, then they can.
Garfield Sobers
Good
You
Experience
First
Enough
Cricket
Both
Stick
Got
How
Test
Going
Want
Formats
Them
Then
Youngsters
Teach
Play
Raise
I enjoyed playing any type of cricket. Didn't matter what type it was because I did not want to change my game. My game was built on one type of cricket: if there was a ball to hit, you hit it, whether it was Test matches, whatever it was.
Garfield Sobers
You
Game
Change
Matter
Whatever
Cricket
Type
Because
Ball
Matches
Built
Test
Hit
Did
Any
Want
Whether
Enjoyed
Playing
In the early days, when I first got into the WI team, when the Ws were playing, I would sit and watch. When you could learn from watching players like that, it was a great joy to watch them play.
Garfield Sobers
Great
You
Joy
First
Sit
Would
Great Joy
Could
Days
Like
Learn
Got
Were
Them
Team
Play
Watch
Players
Early
Watching
Playing
Early Days
Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders.
Garfield Sobers
Men
Khan
Only
Like
Branded
An all-rounder is someone who can make it to the team purely on the basis of his batting or bowling. Not both.
Garfield Sobers
Batting
Purely
Someone
Both
Bowling
Make
His
Team
Who
Basis
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.
Garfield Sobers
Home
Me
You
Try
Know
Always
Dear
Australia
Get
Often
Door
Place
Next
Next Door
Second
Second Home
I only played to the best of my ability and with passion. Call it what you will.
Garfield Sobers
Best
You
Passion
Will
Ability
Only
Call
Played
Barbados has some of the toughest par threes in the world. Some golfers are intimidated by having to drive over ravines and water hazards.
Garfield Sobers
World
Water
Drive
Intimidated
Par
Some
Having
Toughest
Hazards
Over
Barbados
Golfers
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