Garfield Sobers

“If I am talking to a youngster, I coach him what I feel is best for him to bowl, how to hold the ball, how to bowl certain things, and how to bowl to certain batsmen, how to position himself. I never talk to them about the rules.”

“One of the things about the six sixes, which really comes over me every time somebody asks a question or says to me, 'I've just seen them,' or people always ask me about it... It makes me feel that's the only thing I've ever done in the history of cricket.”

“An all-rounder is someone who can make it to the team purely on the basis of his batting or bowling. Not both.”

“A coach should be a person who is able to help a player mentally.”

“To me, Shane Warne is a great turner of the ball. I like his aggressive attitude, I love the way he attacks batsmen, and I give him 100 per cent for that, as not enough spinners bowl with that approach, but in my estimation, Subhash Gupte was a better leg-spinner.”

“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.”

“The great all-rounders were not considered part-timers in one particular department. They could turn games at any stage and on any surface.”

“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.”

“My whole obligation was to West Indies cricket. As I have always said, 'I have never made a run for me.'”

“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.”

“Don't worry too much on pathways programs: good players find a way to get through to play for their country.”