A biography for Brian Larahasn’t been written yet.
“Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.”
“After accepting the captaincy at the beginning of the 1998 season, I immediately set high but attainable goals for the West Indies cricket team and myself.”
“When you play a team sport all your life, you need to get out there sometimes and show some individualism in a sport where you play against the nature.”
“As a boy, you never really thought of Hall of Fames, you never really thought of records.”
“I fell in love with scoring a lot of runs. I never felt 50 or 100 were enough.”
“Tendulkar has had the greatest cricket career of anyone who has ever played the game.”
“The World Cup is not a normal one-day series.”
“I feel as if I was to strike on one thing that I was decent at was mentally where I prepared myself strongly.”
“I have never played a Test match at the Eden... It's such a big shame and disappointment.”
“When you succeed, you know, you can get swell-headed or you can be failing, and then you are all down in doldrums. So I try, as much as possible, to keep an even keel.”
“The highest-ranked team in the world has the responsibility to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld every single time they play. And that the spirit of cricket is with them every time they enter the field.”
“Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.”
“Sports will equip kids with the necessary tools to face academic challenges, and provide all-round development.”
“Records are made to be broken. It's great when they are broken by attacking players.”
“I have been captain in the past and I know what it takes to gel a team and get it going.”
“Pretty early, when I started playing golf, I was compared to Garfield Sobers, who played both cricket and golf.”
“I played a couple first-class matches at Carlton and Guaracara Park and it was a real burial ground for the fast bowlers.”
“KL Rahul has the technique for all forms of the game and for me more Test cricket than anything else. And if he performs so well in T20s and the 50-overs game, I think Test cricket is really where he's made for.”
“Having a decent place to live is fundamental for families.”
“Teachers across the world are doing all they can to ensure a good education is the top priority for children.”