“This is Test cricket. Being positive is not far away from being reckle...” — Jonathan Agnew Quote

“This is Test cricket. Being positive is not far away from being reckless. For all that the sport has become more fast-flowing and entertaining, you still need batsmen whose first instinct is to be patient.”

“The truly great players have this advantage over the rest of the international elite, gifted though those others are: they have the ability to slow down a ball travelling at 90mph, to move before others can, to make the world adjust to their rhythm rather than the other way round.”

“Test cricket is about respecting the opposition, the conditions and the circumstances.”

“It is nothing new for the management of an international cricket team to wrestle with the amount of freedom afforded to players.”

“The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works.”

“Any decent coach can make more than enough money just doing three or four T20 leagues.”

“Obviously, you want to score every game, but you just have to be patient.”

“It's hard to be patient. It's hard to sit back and actually wait and allow everything - just let it be.”

“When your opponent is tied up, always be patient and search for the simplest option.”

“I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait.”

“One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal process yourself, and you know what it feels like.”

“To put up with me, you have to be patient.”