When you are captain at the same time, that's when it gets difficult and when your own game starts to decay because you have other worries and pressures.

Bowling on English pitches is not rocket science. If you bowl a good length on off stump, the ball just has to do a fraction, up or down or side to side, and you get someone out.

In any international sporting career an opportunity comes along that you have to grab. Mine came at Old Trafford in 1985 when I was recalled to the England team to face Australia. It was a huge chance to prove I belonged in the Test side but I failed to take it.

In Test cricket, you have to be adaptable.

We don't cover too many draws in Test cricket and its great: it means the cricket is more interesting, more exciting.

Flying my own small plane is my escape. I learnt to fly in 2006 and share ownership of a Socata TB10.

It takes very little effort to make someone happy.

With new fast bowlers on the international circuit few and far between, it's always good to see someone new coming through.

I love Rome and the way that you can wander around and find something interesting around every street corner. You can smell the history.

My dad was a keen cricketer - he played at school and club level - but it was hard for him to find time for it because he was a farmer, so he encouraged me and my brother.

I spend too much time away from home. I love travelling, but we can be away for as much as four months during the winter.

I'm here to fight; I'm not here to protect whether you think I'm a good person or not. I've given up on that.

Call it weakness if you will, but even the toughest individuals need assistance getting back on track.

When I fight someone who's not a good person, I want to beat him.

A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it.

Life is supposed to be about love and good times, and so I've forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions, and I'm ready to move forward and allow my life to be a light to others that it's never over, even for a person like me, who has lost a tremendous amount of respect among my peers, my fans, my friends and family.

When you say, 'When you're wrong, you're wrong,' I would 100 percent agree. I've always handled my punishments head on.

I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me.

I put pressure on myself and feel pressure from my fans to not only win but to look great doing it.

I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist.

It's not my business what other people think of me.

I will get out there and train harder than anyone, five times a day sometimes. You have to be a special person to do that - like, special forces, military maybe.

I'll see trash talk and people telling me why they're favorite fighter is going to beat me. It motivates me for sure.

For a long time, I consciously tried to be a good person for others. Not anymore. Caring about other people keeps me in line, but I've decided to just be myself.