Shane Warne

“I also think there's too many players who say the same boring answers, they don't even have to turn up to interviews because journalists answer their own questions the way they ask them. Unfortunately the way it is now players are so afraid to say anything, but I'd like them to be honest.”

“All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving.”

“I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them... on face value.”

“If you ask anyone around the cricket grounds, they will say I always sign loads of autographs and thank the ladies for lunch and try to behave in the right way.”

“I have a responsibility to my children to be fit and healthy.”

“It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time.”

“The problem is there's still a big kid inside me who likes to have fun. I am passionate about my cricket and I love my family, but I'm also a kid and maybe I need to grow up... And maybe I don't.”

“I have always tried to move on from disappointments as fast as I can.”

“Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I'd get.”

“There are a lot more tabloids in England that like to report other things in your life, some of which are true and some of which are exaggerated and untrue. There have been stories where people claim to have seen me in one place and I wasn't even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic.”

“My life was falling apart and then to come out and play and have my best ever - 40 wickets, 250 runs... But the only reason I could do that was because of the way I thought and I think I'm pretty strong mentally. I think I am anyway, pretty strong to get over whatever it is.”

“You can't afford to live your life with regrets.”

“With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.”

“I can 100 percent tell you that I have not gone under the surgeon's knife or had a facelift.”

“I am no dummy, mate, that's for sure.”

“I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them... on face value. I think that was how we were both, the way we were.”

“To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.”

“I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa; they are a very good team.”

“My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.”

“The public want to see people play an exciting brand of cricket.”