The public want to see people play an exciting brand of cricket.

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.

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

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 best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about.

Love and Divinity are both gifts from Nature, fraught with the highest bliss.

When she tells you her problems she is not moaning, she trusts you.

Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.

Everybody has bad relationships and, at the end of the day, they are just a great way to set yourself up for a good relationship.

It is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders.

No one had ever told her this basic fact: not everyone got to be loved.

Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his playing was suited for a different style of band.

It's fun to be in California. The police are kind of weird here. They ask you stupid questions. 'Do you know why I pulled you over?' Because I have pot in the glove compartment?

The iron heart that does not bleed The iron wing that does not break They exist, here and now