J R Jayawardene Quotes & Sayings

People are already worrying about the ball moving around and all that jazz. — Mahela Jayawardene

Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do - freedom of expression is something I celebrate. — Birgitte Hjort Sorensen

His hairline had receded from the forehead and his sparse remaining hair recalled a frosty meadow in late autumn. — Haruki Murakami

We should not play like Australia or India or England - we should play like Sri Lanka. — Mahela Jayawardene

If you will here stop and ask yourselves why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you, that it is neither through ignorance nor inability, but purely because you never thoroughly intended it. — William Law

It was delightful; but on awakening this morning I felt so completely water-logged that with only myself to consider I would have remained in bed to await disintegration. Names battered at me: Archie Goodwin, Fritz Brenner, Theodore Horstmann; responsibilities; and I arose to resume my burden. Not that I complain; the responsibilities are mutual; but my share can be done only by me. — Rex Stout

No it wasn't at the time cause you have to remember, I had been playing clubs since I was 13. — Steve Brown

There are no fears out there. There is nothing we cannot handle. It is just how we prepare ourselves mentaly and physically.. — Mahela Jayawardene

I was feeling pretty good out there in the middle when I went in, but it was one of those things - sometimes you get a really good ball. If it gets you out you just have to forget about it and make sure you do the hard work out there next time you get in. — Mahela Jayawardene

In the human race today, you came last. — Spike Milligan

When you die, you die. And everything is over. — Jodi Picoult

The game has evolved over the years, and I don't think we have as a country. In other countries they have, and they adjust much quicker than our boys. — Mahela Jayawardene

There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred, the next day you can be dismissed for a zero. It makes you become practical about things. Teaches you to accept both success and failure. I think I have learnt a lot about life from cricket. — Mahela Jayawardene

Money can't buy happiness. But it sure can rent it for a while. — Kim Gruenenfelder

It is nice that we finished the game today. At the end we finished the series with a convincing victory against Bangladesh. We came here without some key players but I must say our young players showed a lot of characters in the series which will help Sri Lanka cricket in the future. — Mahela Jayawardene