Cricket is full of theorists who can ruin your game in no time.

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

If you go on a diet and feel constrained, you are more likely to drop it. But if you see your food choices each day as part of a spectrum, then you are more likely to feel free and empowered.

I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.

Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.

Can I read it? They really liked it when I did it.

No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic love for human souls.

It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.

There are probably still people that are competitive with each other, but I don't feel that's necessary. I like when we lift each other up.

Reality TV, blogging and self-publishing are all evidence of a society's or culture's desire to be more public. And that's a sign of a healthy or energetic culture.

You dare to stand with my enemy? (Stryker) Against you, Father, I’d stand with Mickey Mouse. (Urian)

When I am outside at night by myself every person turns into a pedophile. So I tend to walk a little faster than usual and then I sprint.