I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

- Ian Botham

I don't ask my wife to face Michael Holding, so there's no reason why I should be changing nappies.

- Ian Botham

Jacques Rudolph at the moment is using the inside edge as much as the middle of the bat.

- Ian Botham

If you're playing against the Australians, you don't walk.

- Ian Botham

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive a…

- Ian Botham

Aussies are big and empty, just like their country.

- Ian Botham

All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series.

- Ian Botham

For many sportsmen, coming face to face with irrefutable evidence of their mortality is the moment they dread above all others.

- Ian Botham

What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here

- Ian Botham