Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND IT DOES ME NO GOOD AT ALL

IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELING WHEN PART OF YOUR BODY ARE TOUCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. I'M THINKING OF THE SENSATIONS FROM SEX AND SURGERY.

An elite is inevitable.

With you inside me comes the knowledge of my death.

IT CAN BE STARTLING TO SEE SOMEONE S BREATH, LET ALONE THE BREATHING OF A CROWD. YOU USUALLY DON T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE EXTEND THAT FAR.

Faithfulness is a social not a biological law.

MORE THAN ONCE I'VE AWAKENED WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS. I HAVE HAD TO THINK WHETHER I WAS CRYING OR WHETHER IT IS INVOLUNTARY, LIKE DROOLING.

Someone else's body is a place for your mind to go.

IT'S NO FUN WATCHING PEOPLE WOUND THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN HOLE UP, NURSE THEMSELVES BACK TO HEALTH, AND REPEAT THE CYCLE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.

HOW CONCISE THAT YOU CAN CRY FROM AWFUL WOUNDS, DESERTION, HAPPINESS, MEMORIES, HUMILIATION, DISAPPOINTMENT OR GRANDEUR.

WITH BLEEDING INSIDE THE HEAD THERE IS A METALLIC TASTE AT THE BACK OF THE THROAT.

THE IMPULSE IS TO SQUEEZE AND FONDLE BABY WILD ANIMALS BUT THEN THEY'D BE BROKEN AND WHAT GOOD WOULD THEY BE?

IF THE HOUSE IS BITTER COLD, ALL THE FLUIDS THEREIN, IF NOT FROZEN, ARE STIFF AND SLOW.

IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OF THEM EATING YOUR FAVORITE FOODS AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP AND GETTING BITS STUCK IN THEIR NOSES.

WHEN YOU'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW, YOU'RE TORN BETWEEN ANTICIPATING A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE AND THINKING YOU'RE A FOOL TO IGNORE WHAT YOU KNOW YOU LIKE.

HOW DO YOU FIND THE RIGHT POSITION TO LIE DOWN WITH PEOPLE OR EVEN ANIMALS? OFTEN ONE OF THE PARTNERS IS SMOTHERED OR CONTORTED. WHEN DONE PROPERLY, THOUGH, EVERYONE IS HAPPY.

Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'

The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.

I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.

Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.

Spirituality lies in what you do and how you do it and not what result you get.

People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.

I am not too intelligent.

As an Indian, I would like to back my government.

When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.

If you have two good off spinners, what is the problem in playing both of them.

When you are growing up, everyone will help you. When you reach the top, everyone will start pulling you down. The same people who help you will be the same people who try to pull you down.

People never expected a boy from a small town to have a life like I did.

My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.

As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what's good for individuals.

Speed can't always get you wickets.

Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.

I wasn't a ladies' man.

It isn't easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.

I have great respect for Jaypee Greens as a company that has produced a truly world class, 24-carat, championship golf course. I am happy to be associated with a company with such outstanding qualities.

All artists are crazy.

I have played cricket on my own terms.

Sports is my passion.

I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'

If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?

There is inspiration all around us.

I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.

I have no political aspirations. That's it.

Let me clarify it through the national news agency that I am not joining Aam Aadmi Party. There has been reports that I will be officially joining AAP, but I can assure you that nothing of that sort is happening.

I, as a cricketer, would like to see 100 counties playing top-flight cricket, just like tennis and football. If I am alive to see that, I will be very happy.

Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.

I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.