Richie Benaud Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Writing is difficult all the time; the thing is to learn something every day.”

“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.”

“'Mullygrubber' is an Australian term which means something that creeps along the ground; it's like a little grub.”

“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.”

“When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for it.”

“Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.”

“In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.”

“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.”