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A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.
~ Richie Benaud
Around
Buildings
Cricket
Earth
Flat
Ground
Piece
Some
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But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.
~ Richie Benaud
About
Actions
Annoys
Commercial
Doing
Find
I Think
Like
Me
Only
Pretending
Product
Promote
Radio
Someone
Something
Suddenly
The Only Thing
Thing
Think
Trying
Voice
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Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.
~ Richie Benaud
Cent
Luck
Per
Skill
Try
Without
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From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.
~ Richie Benaud
Any
Box
Broadcasting
Carpet
Grass
Humanity
Our
See
Simply
You
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I know it's more five-star now than it was then, but it's still a difficult tour. In the same way as India and Pakistan players find it difficult coming to Australia. People sometimes have difficulty believing that.
~ Richie Benaud
Australia
Believing
Coming
Difficult
Difficulty
Find
India
Know
More
Now
Pakistan
People
Players
Same
Sometimes
Still
Than
Then
Tour
Way
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In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.
~ Richie Benaud
After
Bowler
Fact
In Fact
Over
Spin
Work
You
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My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.
~ Richie Benaud
Add
Brain
Gear
Mantra
Otherwise
Put
Screen
Shut
Shut Up
Then
Up
You
Your
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The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.
~ Richie Benaud
Ability
Captain
Great
Hallmark
Right
Right Time
Time
Toss
Win
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The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.
~ Richie Benaud
Ball
Fast
How
Really
Show
Travelling
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Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.
~ Richie Benaud
Any
Away
Best
Captain
Cricket
Fade
Hero
His
Lose
Only
Team
Winning
You
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Coogee is a delightful, slightly old-fashioned suburb; it has parks and gardens and reserves, a good well-kept beach, and an excellent promenade above the beach. It is a suburb for people who appreciate those aspects of life.
~ Richie Benaud
Above
Appreciate
Aspects
Beach
Delightful
Excellent
Gardens
Good
Life
Old-Fashioned
Parks
People
Reserves
Slightly
Suburb
Those
Who
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It was sad leaving the BBC; not quite like being divorced, but you don't leave after a period stretching from 1960 to 1999 without feeling a certain number of pangs.
~ Richie Benaud
After
BBC
Being
Certain
Divorced
Feeling
Leave
Leaving
Like
Number
Period
Quite
Sad
Stretching
Without
You
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Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.
~ Richie Benaud
Administrators
Allowed
Appointed
Australian
Became
Captain
Changed
Close
Day
Dressing
Dressing Room
Each
Each Day
Had
Invited
Madman
Many
Media
Never
Play
Room
Them
Thereby
Until
Were
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'Mullygrubber' is an Australian term which means something that creeps along the ground; it's like a little grub.
~ Richie Benaud
Along
Australian
Creeps
Ground
Like
Little
Means
Something
Term
Which
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Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.
~ Richie Benaud
Funny
He
No Problem
Problem
Satirist
Too
Very
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The only thing that really annoys me is when all of a sudden you hear yourself on the radio advertising Smith's tyre shop or Blenkinsop's jam. They simply can't do that. And in Australia, occasionally I have to take action.
~ Richie Benaud
Action
Advertising
Annoys
Australia
Hear
Jam
Me
Occasionally
Only
Radio
Really
Shop
Simply
Smith
Sudden
Take
The Only Thing
Thing
You
Yourself
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The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.
~ Richie Benaud
Commentary
Good
Good Things
Nostalgia
Only
People
Problem
Relying
Remember
The Problem With
Things
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When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for it.
~ Richie Benaud
Cut
Enough
Generally
Go
Hair
Hairdresser
Long
Pays
She
Wife
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Writing is difficult all the time; the thing is to learn something every day.
~ Richie Benaud
Day
Difficult
Every
Every Day
Learn
Something
Thing
Time
Writing
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AuthorName
Richie Benaud
Profession
Athlete
BirthDate
06 October, 1930
DeathDate
10 April, 2015
Country
Australia
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