Zitate von Geoffrey Boycott

„If my mum was alive she could captain England to play West Indies… hopeless, aren't they?“

—  Geoff Boycott

Via Cricinfo, 2007/8 http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/page/156062.html

„My tactic would be to take a quick single and observe him from the other end.“

—  Geoff Boycott

On Shane Warne, 1994 http://www.westyorkshirecricket.co.uk/#/jokes/4520246600.

„He can be so rude to people that sometimes you just want to punch his lights out.“

—  Geoff Boycott

Co-commentator Mark Nicholas, Via Cricinfo http://www.cricinfo.com/quote/content/story/231681.html, 2005.

„He's a lovely guy, that Ricky Ponting. He likes the English so much he changed the series for them with the most stupid decision he'll ever make in his life.“

—  Geoff Boycott

On Ponting's decision to bowl at the crucial Edgbaston Ashes Test, 2005. Via Cricinfo http://www.cricinfo.com/quote/content/story/231681.html.

„This idea that umpires are always right is a load of old cobblers. What I want to know is: Who umpires the umpires? The players suffer from their mistakes, but no one ever seems to get rid of the umpires themselves. Being an umpire is a people job: that's why Dickie Bird was good at it. Yes, he was a loony, and he made mistakes - everyone does. But he knew how to deal with people, so they respected him.“

—  Geoff Boycott

Via Cricinfo http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/quote/index.html?page=2&year=2006, 2006.

„They should cut Joel Garner off at the knees to make him bowl at a normal height.“

—  Geoff Boycott

„(James) Anderson has a gift from the gods: he could swing an orange.“

—  Geoff Boycott

The Guardian, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/2302798/Job-well-done-England-against-New-Zealand.-But-the-really-hard-work-starts-now.html

„To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.“

—  Geoff Boycott