Quotes from Kevin Pietersen

I love England and I love cricket.

It's not fun facing a ball going 97 mph, trust me.

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.

Once you have the support of the lads around you, you can't ask for any more.

I hate these reality TV shows where people walk off Big Brother and think they're A-list celebrities when they've done nothing in their lives, it really does my head in.

Leaving South Africa was very difficult.

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

I can never sit still for five minutes.

I think I had about a month off when I broke my rib in Australia, which was magnificent.

I've had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It's the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.

It's not fun facing a ball going 97 mph, trust me.

The hardest thing is that you can't trust people now. You just can't.

I married a pretty famous girl, and when we drive through town there's usually a car following us, when I walk out of my front door in Chelsea there's six guys waiting for me.

I have no interest in anyone who wants to criticise me, or doesn't like me despite never having met me.

I change, like every single normal person.

I am who I am, in terms of shooting from the hip occasionally.

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

The England team is a team that never, ever stops.

No one in their right mind would turn down the contracts I've been offered.

I married a pretty famous girl, and when we drive through town there's usually a car following us, when I walk out of my front door in Chelsea there's six guys waiting for me.

Big players want to play in front of big audiences.

I am very driven.

My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time.

I'd like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.