Andrew Flintoff

“I made a series for ITV, just after I retired from Tests in 2009, called 'Flintoff Versus the World.' The idea was that I would attempt a series of extreme sports - rodeo riding, jumping out...”

“They're strange, the Aussies. Because if they like you, they say, 'Oh, he's an Aussie.' And I keep saying, 'I'm not, I'm from Preston.' There's nothing Australian about me. Don't start claim...”

“The one thing we need to do to continue to maintain Test cricket as being special is cutting down the amount and make it a real occasion rather than playing one after another.”

“As a cricketer, I played on bravado and character. My personality was bound up with how I played the game.”

“There have always been two people jostling for control of my life, two totally opposite characters. The first one is super-confident, bulletproof, a showman, and an extrovert. He tries to ma...”

“Some players like to practise right up to the start of play. But for me, whatever warming up I did was only going to be followed by cooling down again.”

“Cricket was deemed too posh where I came from, and I'd never have risked walking home through the estates in my whites. My club played some of the posh schools. I'd have the cheapest kit, bu...”

“I've been offered all the usual, 'Strictly Come Dancing' and the like, but the one thing I know is that for me to be good, I've got to absolutely love doing something. And you can't dance th...”

“I have a Harley and a Bourget, which I enjoy taking into the countryside.”

“I like going down the pub with my mates and horse racing. I don't do anything that exciting.”

“If you're in a helicopter, and you hover, why does the Earth not come to you if it's round?”