We should not allow fear or anxiety to stop us from doing something. If you think through something well and prepare thoroughly, you can do a lot of things you think you can't.

I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan.

Actually nobody can be perfect in cricket. Everybody makes mistakes. It is important to learn from your mistakes and correct them.

I don't want to extend my career for individual records. This is the time to go.

Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.

We've made three World T20 finals and won one - that's not by power-hitting. We've beaten the power-hitting sides quite easily and convincingly in all of those tournaments.

I like to play test cricket. It is really challenging, because you need to really score runs, stay in the wicket and continue for five days.

In my view, ideas and other intellectual productions are more interesting, more indicative of intelligence, and more productively debated than IQ alone.

If you want to achieve success, there cannot be a Plan B.

I know that age to age succeeds, Blowing a noise of tongues and deeds, A dust of systems and of creeds.

It's amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn't sell theirs threw them away.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

The new American, like the new European, was the servant of the powerhouse, as the European of the twelfth century was the servant of the Church.

Suffering is a short pain and a long joy.

Be very nervous of the shaky hands.

The only thing championship about Wimbledon is its prestige.

If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain, the birds, the feel.