With Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, it was better to be friends and make them smile rather than wind them up.

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

With Australians we're saying we're going to win before we start playing and pretty much keep on saying that.

Rahul Dravid being known as 'The Wall' is pretty much spot on. 'The fortress' could also describe Rahul. Because once, Dravid was set, you needed the bowling equivalent of a dozen cannon firing all at once to blast him down.

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.

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.

I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes.