May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it.

I was never coached; I was never told how to hold a bat.

Every ball went exactly where I wanted it to go until the ball that got me out

Many cricketers who had more ability than I had, Why they didn't make more runs than I did, I don't know

When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.

Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe.

There are people who wish to draw attention to themselves by attacking me

Despite recent sad developments, cricket will survive and remain our most noble game and I shall always remain proud of the part I played in its history and development.

Test Cricket is not a light-hearted business, especially that between England and Australia.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.

It seems to me that psychology is only another word for what the ancients called fate.

I've done some stupid things I regret, but I've managed to keep my integrity. Which is important because integrity is fragile. Break it once and it's gone forever.

How can stars shine facing your brightness if your beauty overwhelms them?

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

There are no magic wands, no hidden tracks, and no secret handshakes that can bring you immediate success, but with time, energy and determination you can get there.

Don't coast through life without a passion.

Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.

Anyone who can feel that way about a woman is worth lovin himself.