I was disappointed over my dismissal, given that it was at a crucial stage of the game and I had worked very hard to get to that point,.

How much golf I actually play depends on whom you ask. My wife says I'm out there every day. If you ask me, the cricket is getting in the way of the golf.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

I think we've been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.

It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.

Although we lost it has been a great Test and one of the best I have ever played in. Hopefully the next one will be exactly the same.

If I had to last 20 years, I would probably be batting in a wheelchair.

To have a week off in the middle of the season feels like a lot longer I think, so I feel really good. Hopefully I can go out there and get some runs.

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player.

I have made my thoughts on it (sledging) well known over the last couple of years. We are more than happy to be talking to opposition players in the field so long as it is not personal or abusive.

Not scoring one for the whole calendar year last year was a bit disappointing but I didn't really feel any pressure to get my first one as skipper,.

...[F]reedom... is a property of all rational beings.

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

It was the call of workers who organized

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.

You exist only in what you do.

The first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

I love horror movies, but it's not the only thing I want to do.

I think we tried to make a film [Moon] that was about human beings as opposed to going from one special effects set piece to the next one, which is what a lot of science fiction films these days do.

In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.

With a gun against my belly I... I always smile.