Quotes by Michael Clarke - Page 2

We always talk about single mothers; the challenges they face. But the single father faces challenges as well.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Faces
Mothers
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I'd like to say I'm a very silly man. But I'm not that silly. I'm not throwing any diamond ring down a toilet.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Diamond
Silly
Throwing
Toilet
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The way I've been brought up to play cricket, the captain has always taken accountability for success and defeat.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Accountability
Defeat
Captain
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I've always said the game owes me nothing, I owe it everything. I'm thankful I've been able to play it for so long.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Thankful
Always Me Game
Owe
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Andrew Symonds went on TV to criticise my leadership. I'm sorry, but he is not a person to judge anyone on leadership.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Andrew
Criticise
Sorry
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You need to do what's comfortable to you... if it doesn't suit your personality then I wouldn't try to be someone I'm not.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Suit
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After getting dropped from the Australian team, for me it was always just about being the team, it doesn't matter where I bat.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Australian
Always Me Matter
Always Where Me
Dropped
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I've shown throughout my career that I have always put representing my state and country first and foremost. I love what I do.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Representing
Foremost
Shown
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My mum and dad both worked full-time jobs to send my sister and I to public school, and to allow us to play the sports we wanted.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Mum And Dad
Public School
Full-Time
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I've always said, in India and England especially, but all around the world, it's hard to start your innings against good attacks.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Good Start Always
Attacks
Good World Start
Innings
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I think I'm extremely lucky to have been able to go through a separation with the mother of my child and us still be great friends.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Separation
Great Friends
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My whole career the work I do off the field has given me every chance to have the success I've had on the field, and that won't change.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Every Chance
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I don't give my body the chance to stop and do nothing, just in case it likes it too much. I train five days a week, minimum once a day.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Minimum
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To me, Virat Kohli is the greatest batsman to have ever played one-day cricket. I have no doubts after seeing what he has achieved for India.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Achieved
Doubts
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I was lucky enough to play with some great batsman - Matthew Hayden, Steve Smith, David Warner, Adam Gilchrist, Damien Martyn who was a genius.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Adam
Matthew
Smith
Steve
Warner
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When I do well, I don't really feel it for me, I feel it for the people who have supported me through good times, but also through tough times.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Good Times
Tough Times
Good Me People
Good Me Good Times
For The People
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We believe the most important thing is giving back to this game, not just for the players that are playing today but for the future of the game.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Giving Back
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I have always enjoyed my time coming to India. It is a country where I have always felt welcome and I don't mind the spices, I can deal with it.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Spices
Welcome
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As a captain you probably take it more personally when the team doesn't have as much success as you would like, which probably just makes me work harder.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Success Work Me
Captain
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I've had three young children close to me - my nephew, niece and my god-daughter - born into the world needing life-saving machines to help them survive.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Born
Life Saving
Machines
Nephew
Niece
Three
Young Children
World Me Children
Close
Needing
Survive
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I think what I love most about the brand of Hublot - obviously the quality of watches speak for themselves - but the brand is always trying to get better.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Watches
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Hublot has always been happy to be different, unique and they want to be the first to do things - and they certainly have done that when it comes to cricket.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Be Different
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How much money you have earned is irrelevant because most important thing is to earn and give respect. I think it all starts with how you have been brought up.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Irrelevant
Earn
How Much Money
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I remember my father, when I was a kid, retiring me on 50. He never used to let me bat past 50. He'd say I had to retire to give the other kids an opportunity.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Other Kids
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I was very surprised when Dhoni retired from Test cricket; I thought he would have kept playing. He is a big player and you need big players in big tournaments.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Tournaments
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There are parts of the game you always miss. I have missed the competitive spirit, competing against the opposition. But I have really enjoyed time away from cricket.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Competing
Time Always Game
Missed
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When I look back, I don't know how to put into words how much I owe the game of cricket - it changed my life, made my life and helped mould me into the man I am today.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Mould
Owe
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I remember the 2015 World Cup looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that big Hublot sign and that clock and I just think it's a real compliment to the game of cricket.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Clock
Compliment
Scoreboard
World Cup
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I wish I knew myself, when I was playing, with the insight I gained once I found peace and distance from cricket, and fatherhood. I might have enjoyed those last years more.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Distance
Fatherhood
Insight
Gained
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Professional sportspersons are role models, recognized and they have a responsibility. Having said that, everyone makes mistakes and one needs to move on and learn from them.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Models
Role Models
Move On
Recognized
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People reckon I'm a show pony but I like to look good. And when I'm not living and breathing cricket, I'd much rather drive a fast car or go shopping for clothes than play golf or go fishing.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Fishing
Shopping
Car Good Look
Play Golf
Reckon
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Guys only really have watches and cars as show pieces, and that's why so many men love their watches - it's our show piece, it's our style. And what I like especially about Hublot is the variety.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Variety
Watches
Guys
Piece
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I'm like every other player; you get frustrated that you don't make as many runs as you would like and get frustrated that the team's not having success but that only makes the challenge more exciting.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Frustrated
Runs
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Play tough Australian cricket. Whether we like it or not, that's in our blood. If you try and walk away from it, we might be the most liked team in the world, we're not going to win. We won't win a game.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Australian
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What people don't understand is... because I became captain of Australia, I have no say in who gets a contract. Simon Katich was not dropped from a team when I was captain of Australia or when I was a selector.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
People Understand Who
Captain
Contract
Dropped
Simon
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It takes a lot of hard work to feel you can walk out onto a ground in an international game and have success and once you get it you want it to stay forever. So you've got to ride that wave for as long as you can.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Wave
Success Work Hard Work
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I believe cricket is big part of this country's culture, like all sports but cricket is the most dominant in our country. It is in our blood and even if you don't sit and watch it, the sound of cricket represents summer.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Sports
Blood
Cricket
Dominant
Sound
Summer
Big Part
Sports Believe I Believe
Represents
Sit
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The things that made me were the highs and the lows - that's what made me the cricketer I was when I retired. And the lows do a lot to give you a real kick up the backside in making sure you never take things for granted.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Granted
Me Never Real
Backside
Me Real Never
Highs
Never Take
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England are playing fantastic cricket at the moment, they have a great team and I know all the Aussies are looking forward to getting over there. We'll be doing everything in our power to get over there and win every game if possible.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Games
Team
Winning
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David Boreanaz is actually a very good director and he directed one of our episodes. Excellent director, knew exactly what he wanted. We never had long days with David. He was great, he knew exactly what he wanted and he's a fantastic director.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Directors
Excellent
Long
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There's a lot of similarities with everything I try to do with my cricket - it's no different now to my business. You want to be as good as you possibly can. You get out of bed every day to try to become better. The same applies with Hublot - they want to be the first to achieve things.
Michael Clarke / Cricketer
Be The First
Good Business Better
Similarities
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