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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

Ian Botham

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Ian Botham
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: November 24
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Cricketer
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