It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide.

Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching.

I'd like to try to inspire the youth, that's obviously where our future is and the kids are the ones you can mould and you can give them ideas and opportunities and I'd like to try to inspire all the young kids because I had a dream when I was young, that was to play for Australia.

You've got to have dreams to keep you going.

It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get.

He's the type of bloke you would want to have on your side. When you see an Indian side with Ganguly in the line-up, you know it's game on. You don't have to like or dislike him. You have to respect him.

Rahul is the kind of person who young cricketers can look up to; not only because of his success but also because of the way he conducts himself.