Michael Clarke

“I've never been able to comprehend why people are interested in my personal life, cause I'm not like that.”

“The hardest batsman to get out. I think Sachin, technically, didn't have a weakness.”

“We believe the most important thing is giving back to this game, not just for the players that are playing today but for the future of the game.”

“There's a lot of similarities with everything I try to do with my cricket - it's no different now to my business. You want to be as good as you possibly can. You get out of bed every day to try to become better. The same applies with Hublot - they want to be the first to achieve things.”

“It would be wrong to plan too much ahead of a match. You've got to go with the flow, go with your instincts.”

“The IPL deserves a lot of credit for introducing and growing T20 cricket.”

“I think it is important to lead from the front no doubt.”

“To make big runs you've got to bat plenty of time.”

“As a captain you probably take it more personally when the team doesn't have as much success as you would like, which probably just makes me work harder.”

“My mum and dad both worked full-time jobs to send my sister and I to public school, and to allow us to play the sports we wanted.”

“As captain of the Australian team we will do whatever it takes to make sure this game continues to grow.”

“I was very surprised when Dhoni retired from Test cricket; I thought he would have kept playing. He is a big player and you need big players in big tournaments.”

“I would love not to take cricket home but I don't do shades of grey. I need to be 100 per cent committed.”

“I've always said the game owes me nothing, I owe it everything. I'm thankful I've been able to play it for so long.”

“Every day I'm getting out of bed and trying to become a better player, a better person.”

“As a parent, I'm absolutely no different to any other father.”

“You build yourself up for the big series, the big tournaments.”

“I don't want to see the Australian players not focus on their preparation and training.”

“I don't give my body the chance to stop and do nothing, just in case it likes it too much. I train five days a week, minimum once a day.”

“I think cricket is generally known as a very old and traditional sport.”