- Nov 07, 2020
Game Quotes
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- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have achieved more than I could have ever imagined and feel very privileged to have played for such a long time alongside some of the greats of the English game.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beauty of cricket is that there are so many different opinions as to the best way to do something and at times it is easier to see something when you're not emotionally involved in the game and not responsible for the decision. You can go and have a cup of tea and look at it from a different point of view.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest thing was probably a better understanding of the mental side of cricket and also the technical challenges I have in my game. Those two things happened in a very short space of time which changed me as a player.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my general view of day-night Test cricket is that there is definitely something there that the ICC can keep looking at because it moves the game forward with timing and allows more people to come and watch.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alex Hales has tightened up his game from South Africa and learned about Test cricket. It's great when you see someone who doesn't quite nail it, but goes away and works away at it, come back a person who understands more about Test cricket.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my favorite sci-fi books is 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card. I would recommend it to anyone who loves sci-fi. It's a perfect intro to sci-fi.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 'Game of Thrones,' I remember shooting in Croatia, and by lunchtime we'd see photos of what we'd shot online and think, 'My God - people really care.'
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 'Game of Thrones,' we always shoot away from the green screen because it's bloody expensive to shoot green screen.
- Guerilla
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- Nov 07, 2020
The weird thing is, 'Game of Thrones,' people go to Iceland for three weeks, and it'd be like a small guerilla operation. 'Thor,' we went there for, like, five days, because we couldn't afford to be there any longer, because we were airlifting the entire contents of Hollywood into this country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Game of Thrones' was the first fantasy thing I've done, and like a lot of people who enjoy the show watching it, I didn't expect to respond to that world, but when I started doing it, I really started to love it, started to realize that some of the things I'm naturally drawn to.
- Do Your Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do. They probably know more about me than I know myself!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
- Will
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- Nov 07, 2020