James Anderson Quotes

I like the ball in a big game. I'm not afraid to take it.

We pretty much have barnburners with every team. There's always new teams, there's always great teams, and you always want to be in the ring with the best.

I've played in a lot of important games in my life.

You turn up to an Ashes series and put everything you can into it.

I've always felt comfortable, but in football, there are lows.

I've played in the big games and I've done well.

When you have to play football, you do it in the knowledge that there's a lot riding on the match, be it money, your team-mates, or the feelings of the fans.

I played some ping pong with the guys on the T'Wolves team. I might have been the champ on that team, too. But ping pong is a big part of my life. I grew up playing it against my brother and my father when I was young. They used to kick my behind for a long time, so I got very good at it.

I like the big matches against the greatest players.

There are times when I'm watching an NFL quarterback struggling to get through the game, and I get bitter to some extent.

When I step on the field, you know what you gonna get.

I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.

Everyone loves a win in India. No one wants to lose a match. It is the cricketer who absorbs all the pressure.

People don't want to watch a sport where you see people fall down and somehow score above someone who goes clean.

When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.

In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

I'll play as long as that competitive spirit and drive is there because that's what gets me up in the morning, that feeling of having a batsman drive at you, play and miss, the sort of theatre around that sort of stuff.

You love the competitive one-on-one aspect, where you look across the net, and you're trying to beat your opponent. You're doing everything you physically can to win on that day.

I love to play big games, it makes you a bigger player.

I've enjoyed the challenges of playing in the biggest games.

I let my racket do the talking.

That's what makes baseball the best. Nothing matters but winning.