Quotes from Shane Warne

I am no dummy, mate, that's for sure.

The problem is there's still a big kid inside me who likes to have fun. I am passionate about my cricket and I love my family, but I'm also a kid and maybe I need to grow up... And maybe I don't.

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

I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes.

I can 100 percent tell you that I have not gone under the surgeon's knife or had a facelift.

I'm proud of what I've achieved in cricket, as once I didn't think I was good enough.

All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving.

My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

The public want to see people play an exciting brand of cricket.

I have been trying to lose weight for the last two-three months and it has gone really well. In the last 6-12 months I have been in the best form in quite a while.

The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can.

You can't afford to live your life with regrets.

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.

If you ask anyone around the cricket grounds, they will say I always sign loads of autographs and thank the ladies for lunch and try to behave in the right way.

We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.

Sachin Tendulkar is in my time the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third.

When I turned 36 I realised - the likelihood is that in four years time I'll be 40.

I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa; they are a very good team.

It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time.

I'm fitter than I've ever been, I'm actually very, very healthy and I'm happy.

Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I'd get.

The first thing is to be patient, which is probably the hardest thing to do. Don't worry if blokes are whacking you out of the park because you still have the opportunity to get him out next ball, even if it's not the same ball.

We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.

With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.