A biography for Glenn McGrathhasn’t been written yet.
“My parents split up when I was 16, and, while Mum came to a few Tests, Dad didn't make many. So I was glad he was at Lord's.”
“The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.”
“I'm just very impressed with the way Jimmy Anderson goes about his business.”
“I bowled in tandem with Brett Lee, who produced some fast, fiery spells. When you've got someone bowling up above 90mph, it has a fear factor that not many people really enjoy.”
“If you are good enough to play international cricket, you can take wickets - but you have to bowl the right length.”
“You still have to enjoy the tour games. If you go out there and just go through the motions, you can easily get into bad habits, you lose a bit of rhythm or a bit of form and then things can go pretty bad pretty quickly.”
“You can come up with all the gameplans that you want but the guys in the middle have to execute those plans. If Jimmy Anderson or Stuart Broad serves up a leg-stump half-volley, you can't turn round and blame Andy Flower.”
“Australia play best when they've got a bit of mongrel about them, when they play hard out in the middle, when they don't give an inch, when they play an aggressive brand of cricket.”
“I am quite a positive person. I always try to see the good in every situation, the good in everybody.”
“A coach these days is more of a manager than a coach. At this level, you shouldn't really need a coach. You need someone to organise, to come up with gameplans and tactics, rather than someone who is going to do much actual coaching.”
“You know there is something a little bit special about an Ashes.”
“Jimmy Anderson deserves everything he gets, and even though he is an Englishman I will be delighted for him when he goes past my record and becomes the most prolific fast bowler in Test history.”
“You can't go on living in past and having regrets. Its better people have a positive influence on other people's lives than worry about themselves.”
“The Australian team that I was lucky enough to play in had a certain aura and sometimes you had teams beaten before you even walked on the field.”
“England fans should be pretty happy to have Jofra Archer in their Test team - because he is something special.”
“A lot of people who have had the support of a McGrath breast care nurse, they come up and say what a positive difference it's made in their lives and that in itself makes me realise what we're doing is having a big positive effect and inspires me to keep going.”
“I think the important thing for budding cricketers is to always put in 100 per cent - to continue to be your best, work hard, don't ever think you are at the top of your ability, you can always improve.”
“The night before a game, I'd think about who I was playing, and then how I'd bowled against those guys, if I had got them out previously. While I was playing, I could recall nearly all my wickets and how I got the batsman out.”
“In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.”
“I was fortunate to go out on my terms while still at the top but a lot of people are not so lucky.”