Quotes

I have played incredible knocks with the lightest of bats.

I know what makes me good, and it's not a bat.

It's not really part of the game to say, 'Oh, it's a batter's game; it's a batter's game' - I don't know why it goes on. It's a beautiful game that's greatly competitive between bat and ball.

You represent your country - that's the biggest honour ever. I had the privilege of doing that for more than 14 years.

Every wicket you play on is different.

Nothing comes close to the IPL, to be honest.

I truly love captaining. I've grown into enjoying it.

We all grow up dreaming of playing international cricket.

It's important to make sure your players have the mindset that playing international cricket is still the ultimate form of cricket.

In my heart, international cricket is the way forward. That's where you want to play; that's where the pressure really lies. That's where you make your name.

If you don't learn, especially if you are not playing well, then you are not going to move forward as a team.

I have been massively proud to have played for and, indeed, captain my country on the cricket field.

It's a huge honour to play my 100th Test, and I never in my life thought I'll be in this kind of position.

I don't like to celebrate my own achievements.

I'll do whatever it takes for us to win games of cricket. If I have to sledge, I'll get involved like that. I'll try and intimidate a player if I have to.

Far from being a mere consequence of winning, strong team spirit is an essential ingredient of sporting success; it comes before, not afterwards.

An IPL match may be decided when the ball passes inches beyond the grasp of a fielder on the boundary or when a direct hit catches a batsman inches short of the crease.

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.