It's far more daunting than bowling to Ricky Ponting or facing Shane Warne

I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy

That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated. What more could you want?

Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.

A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.

I'm not too good with packing. I always have every intention of doing it the week before and then leave it until the last moment - but at least I do it myself, I don't leave it to the missus.

There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can.

When I have a day off, I will have a day off.

We have to take care of our own game. There's only one place we've got to stick up for ourselves and that's the pitch.

I'm not really someone who looks forward to the gym. But I realise it's something that I have to do to perform well on the pitch.

I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to facing Brett Lee again. He bowls at 95mph so enjoyment is not the word I would use.

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian.

Anger is practical awkwardness.

In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me.

Anaximander used to assert that the primary cause of all things was the Infinite,-not defining exactly whether he meant air or water or anything else.

More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

That's why basketball was so good, because I didn't really need you or anyone else to play it. It would be better if we played four-on-four or five-on-five, but I could go out there alone.

I met my fathers in prison, they too a part of a scene; digging death.

I actually think it's going to be the intriguing plot [ in Black Snake Moan] point that brings people into the film.

Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.