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International sport is a lonely journey. You compete with one's self and try to grow as a cricketer.

Let soldiers on manoeuvres plant trees. Give police and criminals a shovel and a thousand seedlings.

I'm not much of a reader; I'm more of a laptop person. I would never consider travelling without it.

The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.

A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling.

Then one day I read about a book that said that the church is the only army that shoots its wounded.

It's not easy bowling off-spin in one-day internationals with only five men allowed on the leg side.

A captain has to be able to look a player in the eye before he starts his run-up or goes out to bat.

When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for it.

It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match.

To become a good player, you need talent. To become a great player, you need an attitude like Kohli.

I have matured in my shot selection but will not discard my style. I don't believe in wasting balls.

My best India v. Pakistan moment is from our first match in the ICC World T20 2007, which was a tie.

No Indian wants their sports persons to get left behind or any particular sports to get left behind.

I've got quite a lot of energy in me and a lot of pent-up aggression. I'm like a dog. I need walking.

In all of my life, when I was playing sports, I always put 100 percent. I have always given the best.

I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.

The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works.

Flying my own small plane is my escape. I learnt to fly in 2006 and share ownership of a Socata TB10.

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

I've had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It's the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.

Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.

When you win the toss and bowl, the result always dictates whether you'll be criticised or applauded.

With my bowling, I didn't know how I was doing it, so when it went wrong I didn't know how to fix it.

It is the cynicism that kills all the joy. I'm not that kind of a guy. I look at the glass half-full.

I have been manager, director, now I am head coach, and it's the same role. Absolutely the same role.

It is important to understand that if you do fall, it's important for you to get right back up again.

I am not going to come back and play IPL. Have a few plans and may play a few matches here and there.

I used to watch Manchester United a lot when David Beckham was there, but not any more now he's gone.

When I was captain, John Wright was making all the decisions and I followed like an obedient student.

The first time you face up to a googly you're going to be in trouble if you've never faced one before

I can't keep playing 10-11 months a year and keep being sharp after 15 years of international cricket.

I never really felt I belonged; there was always a sense of apartness. At school, I was the cricketer.

North of England, you're brought up on fish and chips. Friday or Saturdays every week, it was a treat.

The previous generation, such as Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain, lost to Australia on many occasions.

I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way.

These one-dayers and these Twenty20s is where Virat Kohli can really stand up and lead from the front.

In every sport you need a break and England seem to be the only cricket country which doesn't get one.

A coach's role, effectively speaking, is to stay in the background and let the onus be on the players.

There will be times in South Africa when we will be challenged as a team. We have to stand up to that.

I think he lives in such a rarified bubble these days, he doesn't understand what reality is any more.

I don't know how I'm gonna pick up a bat again. I just need to be away for a bit and play with my dogs.

It would not be right for me to pick and choose where, when, and in what format I play for the Proteas.

Ask me that again next month, when you're all in Dhaka and I'm in Rome, watching Chelsea playing Lazio!

India is the one area of the sub-continent where we haven't won since I have been involved with England

There should be no cricket and Bollywood ties with Pakistan till Pakistan stops cross-border terrorism.

I had to remind Gary Kristen often that he was in the covers to field against Sachin not to applaud him

Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society.

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world

You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.

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