Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe.

I was never coached; I was never told how to hold a bat.

Every ball went exactly where I wanted it to go until the ball that got me out

May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it.

Many cricketers who had more ability than I had, Why they didn't make more runs than I did, I don't know

When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.

There are people who wish to draw attention to themselves by attacking me

Despite recent sad developments, cricket will survive and remain our most noble game and I shall always remain proud of the part I played in its history and development.

Test Cricket is not a light-hearted business, especially that between England and Australia.

When we make judgements we're inevitably acting on limited knowledge, isn't it best to ask if we seek to understand, or simply let them be?

The mind is the most powerful sense.

Memory feeds imagination.

Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son.

No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.

Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority.

Rose,” he said, forcibly trying to keep a serious tone, “I can think of many words to describe you, sexy and hot being at the top of the list. You know what’s not on the list? Sane.

It were better to be a soldier's widow than a coward's wife.

The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working with such a spirit of detachment and recollection that even his work is a prayer