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

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.

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

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.

It's my choice to be beautiful. It's my choice to be ugly. And it's my choice to decided what those words actually mean.

I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush.

Corporate advertising is simply expensive lying dressed up as brainwashing

I will always fight for a woman's right to choose and the right to privacy. Reproductive issues are medical related issues and they should be kept private between a woman and her doctor.

Books bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy.

Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing.

As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy.

To me, style is all about expressing your individuality freely and courageously.