Being in love with somebody is a wonderful feeling.

With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.

Sachin Tendulkar is in my time the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third.

Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't.

When I turned 36 I realised - the likelihood is that in four years time I'll be 40.

Never give up; just absolutely never give up.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

Find a way to get back in to the game, find a way to build a partnership, find a way to catch a ball, find a way to stop it.

I still eat pizzas, I still like pies, I still have spaghetti hoops for breakfast... but it's in moderation now.

I can 100 percent tell you that I have not gone under the surgeon's knife or had a facelift.

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.

You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought.

How can you claim to have a passionate interest in something, and then make no effort to properly understand it?

The mind that constantly wanders through the past is always a terrible mess.

A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.

The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it!

The evil of storytelling is you're trying to make the audience complicit in murder - 'Kill the guy! Jump him!' And then once you've done it, it's like, 'I've killed this guy, now what?

Today exists between yesterday and tomorrow.

I've been through so many different political races.

Move like a beam of light: fly like lightning, strike like thunder, whirl in circles around a stable center

All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive.