I played a couple first-class matches at Carlton and Guaracara Park and it was a real burial ground for the fast bowlers.

I don't play politics.

If there's one thing I don't have, it's an insular bone.

It's a great achievement for a 29-year-old to play 100 Tests.

I look at Sachin and I see a great player, the kind of person that you would like to follow, but I have my reputation and am happy with the way my career has gone.

The World Cup is not a normal one-day series.

Cricket is my life and it has been since the age of five so the first opportunity I get, I'll be back playing for West Indies.

I have enjoyed playing in England, and have enjoyed the reception I've got from the people here.

When you've got an opportunity to try and finish a game on a given day, you try and do that.

A high-profile player has to toe the line and I try to lead by example. A lot of guys appreciate that, and it is an advantage to have somebody as captain whom the players feel they can look up to; somebody whose door they can knock on to talk about anything on cricket or life.

I've played and I've been a student of the game.

I know the history of West Indies cricket and I know what it means to the people.

I've been part of five World Cups and we reached the semis only in 1996.

People point fingers at the leader. That happens in every sport.

It has been a great honour to play for the West Indies, to hold a bat and to spend 17 years in international cricket. That is something I am proud of.

The most unfortunate thing in cricket is not achieving what I set out to do from the very beginning: to be a part of a successful team over a long period of time. I had a little taste of it when I started in 1989, and up till 1995.

It's an honour to captain the West Indies.

There are always going to be critics. But I have got to go out there and do my job.

You just don't pick up family values, unless your parents teach you and let you know exactly what they expect.

Growing up in the '70s my heroes were Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks as a left-hand batsman.

As a boy, you never really thought of Hall of Fames, you never really thought of records.

I had to work hard... but I knew I had strong support.

You don't need a group of superstars, you need a team working together to bring you better results.

It doesn't matter how many runs one person puts together. We want to get partnerships and get 400 runs on the board. One person can't get 400 runs on the board if there is nobody at the other end.