Quotes from Michael Clarke

Your greatest strength can be your greatest weakness.

The hardest batsman to get out. I think Sachin, technically, didn't have a weakness.

I don't give my body the chance to stop and do nothing, just in case it likes it too much. I train five days a week, minimum once a day.

I have always enjoyed my time coming to India. It is a country where I have always felt welcome and I don't mind the spices, I can deal with it.

I always know in advance what I've got coming up. Preparation's important to me - it helps my performance.

The way I've been brought up to play cricket, the captain has always taken accountability for success and defeat.

Twenty20 cricket is fantastic. I love it, especially how fast it is.

I don't want to be restricted in where I field and how I field.

I've been lucky enough to play over 100 Test matches for Australia.

My mum and dad both worked full-time jobs to send my sister and I to public school, and to allow us to play the sports we wanted.

I love batting at four.

I'm like every other player; you get frustrated that you don't make as many runs as you would like and get frustrated that the team's not having success but that only makes the challenge more exciting.

Play tough Australian cricket. Whether we like it or not, that's in our blood. If you try and walk away from it, we might be the most liked team in the world, we're not going to win. We won't win a game.

I've always said the game owes me nothing, I owe it everything. I'm thankful I've been able to play it for so long.

When somebody questions or insults my integrity and my credibility that's not for sale.

Sangakkara was a force and an absolute gentleman of the game.

We believe the most important thing is giving back to this game, not just for the players that are playing today but for the future of the game.

I would love not to take cricket home but I don't do shades of grey. I need to be 100 per cent committed.

People reckon I'm a show pony but I like to look good. And when I'm not living and breathing cricket, I'd much rather drive a fast car or go shopping for clothes than play golf or go fishing.

Professional sportspersons are role models, recognized and they have a responsibility. Having said that, everyone makes mistakes and one needs to move on and learn from them.

If one of our players is getting a hard time, we're going to stick up for him.

I think whoever wins the World Cup deserves the right to be named the number one-one day team in the world.

The teams that have won the World Cup, I've looked at them as the No. 1 team in the world.

I remember the 2015 World Cup looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that big Hublot sign and that clock and I just think it's a real compliment to the game of cricket.