Gatting at fine leg - that's a contradiction in terms.

Cricket has so many meanings to so many Australians. It’s become precisely that - an Australian way of life. And what a life it is. Some would even go as far as to say, ‘marvellous’.

The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.

From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.

The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.

Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

When a cricketer gets hit in the private parts, he hopes the pain will go away very soon but the swelling doesn't!

He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.

Bruce Reid is not the worst batsman there is at international level but those who are worse would not need to hire the Myer Music Bowl to hold a convention.

The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.

Happiness is hanging with friends who know you way more than you'd care to share.

If conquest constitutes a natural right on the part of the few, the many have only to gather sufficient strength in order to acquire the natural right of reconquering what has been taken from them

The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.

How many Sundays - how many hundreds of Sundays like this - lay ahead of me? “Quiet, peaceful, and lonely,” I said aloud to myself. On Sundays, I didn't wind my spring.

I find the public reaction to writing - it's fascinating in this modern age. Of course people are able to interact with me and email me, and I get quite a few I suppose.

Doubt is not always a sign that a man is wrong; it may be a sign that he is thinking.

What we're seeing "out there" is the projection of where we're at--the projection of the clingings of our minds.

If you have only one life, you cant altogether ignore the question: are you enjoying it?

Now if I appear to be carefree it's only to camouflage my sadness. In order to keep my pride I try to cover the hurt with a show of gladness.

Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.