There are of course mornings when you wouldn't mind a lie in.

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.

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

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.

The only good understanding is to obey the God's commandment.

Are all firefighters as hot as you?

Well, I do not want to be tolerated, nor misnamed. I want to be recognized.

Joy is the highest expression of love.

Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.

Sweetie, nothing that flies looks safe, including birds.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

The rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people.

I was raised in farm and ranch communities, and my dad wanted me to be a cowboy like him, but I saw how he struggled in life and wanted more than that.

I bring you with reverent hands The books of my numberless dreams.