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

Never give up; just absolutely never give up.

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 wasnt even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic.

I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can.

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't.

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.