To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

I don't ask my wife to face Michael Holding, so there's no reason why I should be changing nappies.

Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

Aussies are big and empty, just like their country.

If I'd done a quarter of the things of which I'm accused, I'd be pickled in alcohol, I'd be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world's cricket-playing countries

I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me

What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

For many sportsmen, coming face to face with irrefutable evidence of their mortality is the moment they dread above all others.

I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.

The best way to create a better future is to do your best at this very moment.

How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?

I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies.

Nothing compares with the satisfaction of pleasing the heart of our heavenly Father.

In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.

Young children give us glimpses of some things that are eternal.

Biotech crops are not a solution to solve hunger in Africa or elsewhere.

Be loving to yourself and others will see that love reciprocated. This rule works every time

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.[What is a sorrow? A feeling whose benefits have not yet been discovered]

To the extent people can't solve a problem, they tend to ignore the problem.