Actually nobody can be perfect in cricket. Everybody makes mistakes. It is important to learn from your mistakes and correct them.

I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan.

We should not allow fear or anxiety to stop us from doing something. If you think through something well and prepare thoroughly, you can do a lot of things you think you can't.

I don't want to extend my career for individual records. This is the time to go.

Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.

We've made three World T20 finals and won one - that's not by power-hitting. We've beaten the power-hitting sides quite easily and convincingly in all of those tournaments.

I like to play test cricket. It is really challenging, because you need to really score runs, stay in the wicket and continue for five days.

Down the hill I went, and then, I forgot the ways of men, For night-scents, heady and damp and coolWakened ecstasy

A bad thing happened to you kids, Dad said. But it could have been worse.So much worse, Mom said.But because of you kids, Dad said, it wasn't.You did so good, Mom said.Did beautiful, Dad said.

Potential is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

He who travels west travels not only with the sun but with history.

For economic safety for the future, you must have multiple skills and languages. Success is basically being the best that you can be.

Christ beats his drum, but he does not press men; Christ is served with voluntaries.

I've suffered from low self-esteem.

You can be guaranteed a story on the presidential campaign is gonna lampoon the Republican candidate in every one of those news agencies.

The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart.