When I was 25, if you'd have said I was going to be a commentator, that would seem like, 'Oh, my God. That's a huge step down.'
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I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator.
I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.'
To be a commentator, you must have a life outside cricket, too. If cricket is all that you know, then you would not be a great commentator.
People can talk about my age for as long as they like. There is nothing better in football than proving people wrong, and I'll try to do that for as long as I can.
I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?
In football, I'm not so old. At 52, maybe I have 20 years in front of me to coach. But I feel myself as... you might say an 'old fox.' Nothing scares me; nothing worries me too much. It looks like nothing new can happen for me.
When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.
You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever.
When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.
I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am.
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