Andrew Flintoff Quotes

When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he?" I feel privileged to have played against him.

I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy

That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated. What more could you want?

Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.

A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.

There are of course mornings when you wouldn't mind a lie in.

We have to take care of our own game. There's only one place we've got to stick up for ourselves and that's the pitch.

My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life.

I'm not too good with packing. I always have every intention of doing it the week before and then leave it until the last moment - but at least I do it myself, I don't leave it to the missus.

I'm not really someone who looks forward to the gym. But I realise it's something that I have to do to perform well on the pitch.

It's far more daunting than bowling to Ricky Ponting or facing Shane Warne

I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.

There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can.

It's usually the funny comments which are the better ones - and they are good for the game.

I like to think I'm calm. Sometimes I have arrived at the ground in the morning in a bad mood - you're not always going to be in the best of moods are you? - but by the time you get into the ground and you have a brew then it's normally fine.

I'm comfortable in the way I play and comfortable in who I am.

While I'm at second slip I'm not just thinking of what I'm going to have for tea. I'm considering the match as well, wondering how I can help, if there is anything I can offer.

I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form.

Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.

If you're batting and you go off on one it can't really help you.

I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like.

When it comes to sledging, I think people often get the wrong view.

I'm completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope

In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be

I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to facing Brett Lee again. He bowls at 95mph so enjoyment is not the word I would use.