Quotes by Caribbean authors
When you've got an opportunity to try and finish a game on a given day, you try and do that.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of course I'd love to work with Jay-Z, maybe even Phil Collins. I love his voice.
Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian rapper
I think Rohit Sharma is an awesome player in all varieties of the game.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
I remember the reason why did I start my golf. We had a four day game I was playing for Trinidad against the Leeward Islands. They had in their ranks Winston Benjamin, Curtly Ambrose and Kenneth Benjamin. To add to it, the track was a green top. The four day game lasted two days, so I had two days to play golf.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I am like, 'This is a high-top day' or 'This is a bob day,' but when I get my clothes on that's when I see.
Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian rapper
Trinidad's language is a fusion of English, African, and French, and so we have our own words and even our own dictionary. Steupse is a common local word, and it's the onomatopoeic word for the sound people make to show disapproval, or to show they are vexed, when they suck their teeth together.
Monique Roffey
Trinidadian writer
I would like to be remembered as someone who came out there and tried to entertain.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
I don't play politics.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
I feel like my entire career and life, I've been judged by people who did not really know me. I definitely think that they probably were right to assume what they had assumed about me, because there was such little to go on out there.
Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian rapper
MS Dhoni would know what's best for him. He has served Indian cricket very well.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.
Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian rapper
As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Leader of the Opposition of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
My parents had a long and eventful marriage and were always a bit like movie stars to me when they were young.
Monique Roffey
Trinidadian writer
The person I love most is the Dalai Lama. China destroyed his country, yet he says that it's imperative we show love for the Chinese.
Monique Roffey
Trinidadian writer
Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.
Myles Munroe
Bahamian evangelist
I've played with and against great players. I've been with Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and played against Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jaque Kallis and Virat Kohli is up there with the very best.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
I know, I'm like a kid. Maybe I was a bit too spoilt growing up. Everything just came like I wanted it to.
Asafa Powell
Jamaican athlete
When I was 21, I did not have that much pressure. I was sitting down on the bench... you know... cleaning Sir Vivian Richards's boots or doing something... getting ready to play international cricket.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Leader of the Opposition of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
The reserve strength is very important in assessing a team's ability.
Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer
Showing 1 to 20 of 246 results