I was happy with the umpiring in India last year, New Zealand is OK these days, and the only real area of concern is Pakistan. They seem to have a chip on their shoulders about their cricket there.

What do you think this is, a f****** tea party? No you can't have a f****** glass of water, you can f****** wait like the rest of us.

There is a possibility that your ability as a player may well be analysed by future generations on your one day statistics. That's the day I dread most.

When desire dies, fear is born.

If you have a secret, keep it to yourself.

You're going to merge your mind with the mind of eternity that goes on forever; that is not easy. It's very intense. I mean sitting on Mount St. Helens when it went off would have been small talk.

One can bear anything. The pain we cannot bear will kill us outright.

People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up.

I spend a frightening amount of money on books.

The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that...women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, which is just long enough to be president of the United States.

I had played so poorly recently, I started thinking that maybe I should do something else. Then I saw my friends going to work everyday and realised that my life wasn't so bad.