In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be

My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life.

When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he?" I feel privileged to have played against him.

I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.

That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated. What more could you want?

If you're batting and you go off on one it can't really help you.

I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy