I enjoy hitting a batsman more than getting him out. I like to see blood on the pitch. And I've been training on whisky.

England's bowlers have improved, I'll give them that.

Steve Harmison was a big disappointment in South Africa, and I don't know the reason why, but he has to lift his game.

Terrorists have been supported by tens of foreign countries, so Syria alone wouldn't be able to face this kind of war without the help of its friends.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

I can't help it! I'm just a woman with high standards!

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

Dreck is dreck and no amount of fancy polish is going to make it anything else.

I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.

If a man's public record be a clear one, if he has kept his pledges before the world, I do not inquire what his private life may have been.

Bottom line is, if you turn the ball over to a team that isn't as good, you then have brought them up to your level.

God did not rescue me out of the pain, He rescued me through the pain!