Brian Charles Lara: Former West Indies opening batsman Joey Carew. When he saw me playing for the Fatima College junior teams, captained by his sons, he took keen interest in me, got me membership of Queen's Park, the island's strongest club team, and then monitored my development.
Apart from cricket, I was a good soccer player and wanted to win selection to the national youth training squad, but my father insisted that my future lay with cricket and persuaded me to stick to it.
When my father passed away in 1988, I was deeply hurt and then decided to make a lasting impression on the game.
I dedicated my 375 to his memory. But for my father, I would have been nowhere.
