A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

I don't ask my wife to face Michael Holding, so there's no reason why I should be changing nappies.

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.

Aussies are big and empty, just like their country.

If I'd done a quarter of the things of which I'm accused, I'd be pickled in alcohol, I'd be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world's cricket-playing countries

I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me

What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

For many sportsmen, coming face to face with irrefutable evidence of their mortality is the moment they dread above all others.

I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test

Take every moment as a gift of life to enjoy. Stress will melt away to fill your heart with gratitude.

This was my world: cold, tangled and distorted. -Keira

If you write in the paper 'Lee stinks,' that's not going to affect me. I'll just laugh. And if you write 'Derrek Lee is the best player in the league,' that won't affect me either. I'll laugh.

All plays are social comment to one extent or another.

Sometimes in life, you have to hit back! It's not always gonna be easy!

A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship.

We have to fix climate change with the people we have right now, and to a large extent with the perspectives we have right now as well.

You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor.

I'm way different than I was last year. You learn something new every year. I learned a whole lot from last season and a whole lot from this season. I'm still learning.

The only thing that can stop you is the doubt that you carry in your mind.