We've made three World T20 finals and won one - that's not by power-hitting. We've beaten the power-hitting sides quite easily and convincingly in all of those tournaments.

I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan.

We should not allow fear or anxiety to stop us from doing something. If you think through something well and prepare thoroughly, you can do a lot of things you think you can't.

Actually nobody can be perfect in cricket. Everybody makes mistakes. It is important to learn from your mistakes and correct them.

I don't want to extend my career for individual records. This is the time to go.

Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.

I like to play test cricket. It is really challenging, because you need to really score runs, stay in the wicket and continue for five days.

Treat people as if they were what they should be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.

If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families.

Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.

Can’t take a chance that one day, in one spot, somewhere, an exit might appear. We can’t give up. Ever.

The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life

Since sorrow follows joy As autumn does the spring Man must transcend the joys Of earth, which sorrows bring.

By that time [1966], we did begin to get some protests [against Vietnam War]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed the war.

All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.

Everybody is trying to be perfect. And the moment somebody starts trying to be perfect, he starts expecting everybody else to be perfect. He starts condemning people, he starts humiliating people.

You're never too worried as a captain, when you know Rahul Dravid's still out there.