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

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.

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.

Being in love with somebody is a wonderful feeling.

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.

It seems the only thing that can rob you of your formidable powers of inquisition is the sight of me without a shirt on.

God always has His chosen people who are called to deliver a nation – remnant

Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.

When I have one week to solve a seemingly impossible problem, I spend six days defining the problem. Then, the solution becomes obvious.

If you trust yourself, any choice you make will be correct. If you do not trust yourself, anything you do will be wrong. - Kung Fu, The Legend Continues -

I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can.

As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.

Be slow to correct and quick to commend.

The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.

I contend that every woman has the right to feel beautiful, no matter how scrambled her features, or how indifferent her features.