- Viv Richards: We had a mission, a mission that we believed in ourselves and we believed that we were just as good as anyone else. Equal for that matter.
- Gordon Greenidge: You're speaking about a group of black guys being successful for a period of time people couldn't imagine is possible.
- Clive Lloyd: I wanted to have different people with different thinking. Share all the stuff that we had before. We're now a team, a West Indian team working together so that young people can understand that hey we can working together work for a better life and better future. One people, one nation, one destiny.
- Michael Holding: It was representing a region, representing something more significant than just cricket. It was a matter of feeling of work.