Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't.

With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.

Sachin Tendulkar is in my time the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third.

When I turned 36 I realised - the likelihood is that in four years time I'll be 40.

Never give up; just absolutely never give up.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

Find a way to get back in to the game, find a way to build a partnership, find a way to catch a ball, find a way to stop it.

Being in love with somebody is a wonderful feeling.

I still eat pizzas, I still like pies, I still have spaghetti hoops for breakfast... but it's in moderation now.

I can 100 percent tell you that I have not gone under the surgeon's knife or had a facelift.

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.

How beautiful this city, or perhaps any in the world, is to a woman who knows her bed awaits her even as she lingers, barefoot in the rain at midnight.

Every Christian has the chance to become an outstanding person.

People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.

What can you expect from me in the next five years? Well... I'll get older

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

Would you be a poet Before you've been to school? Ah, well! I hardly thought you So absolute a fool.

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.

I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.

Small talk is the biggest talk we do.

No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.