Game Conditions Quotes

If you are playing in the right conditions, there is always motivation to bowl fast. If you are playing in the wrong condition then you want to be a batsman.

Some of the games in Spain... we played at the Wanda, which was amazing, but then the next week, they're creating a penalty spot 10 minutes before the game starts.

In white-ball cricket the conditions do vary, but throughout Tests it varies a lot more in a five-day game, and home advantage becomes more prevalent in Test cricket.

I've played long enough to know that certain games are certain ways. You're gonna throw it less in others, more in others, and just look at what the team needs that day to win a football game.

Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions

Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early.

Sometimes as a goalie, it doesn't matter how good you are, everything has to fall right for you.

My eyesight is not good. You guys will see, in games you'll watch, I will have times where I don't see the catcher very well, especially in low-light conditions. I can get to about 20/40. That's about as good as they can get me with the stigmatisms and stuff I have going on.

I think one of the great things about a football season is that you see teams play in all types of environments, and if you can't handle one of them, you probably don't deserve to win anyway.

I'd love to see pitches start very dry all over the world, which is good for batting but means there will be turn - a cricket match without spinners is like a chess match without two important pieces - a less interesting game.

From my perception, listen: the game is different on turf, but it's the same for everybody.

You have to just adjust to the conditions quickly because there is a big difference in 50-over and 20-over cricket, and if you back yourself, you will do well.

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

Square cuts which ordinarily would have flashed to the boundary earned only two, and I believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match.

Obviously a little easier playing at home.

I enjoy wicket-keeping in the shorter format. I think when we are bowling first, it gives me an idea of how the wicket is behaving.

Few sports has as great a disparity between the time committed in practice and time actually spent in game or race conditions.

What's the difference between a good player and a great player? A good player plays well in his own conditions - a great player plays well in all conditions.

The first thing that comes to the mind when you are touring South Africa is bouncy wickets. But that is no surety of what kind of pitch you would get in the game.

After a test match it's very easy to make selections, once you've seen exactly how the surface is going to play.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.

For me, the wind is the worst weather you can have to play football.

I think it's retarded. I probably shouldn't say that. I think it's stupid. If you want a Super Bowl, put a retractable dome on your stadium. Then you can get one. Other than that, I don't really like the idea. I don't think people would react very well to it, or be glad to play anybody in that kind of weather.