Quotes from Michael Clarke

One-day cricket is about the World Cup and Test cricket is about the Ashes.

I'd like to say I'm a very silly man. But I'm not that silly. I'm not throwing any diamond ring down a toilet.

What Kohli and Tendulkar have in common is they love making big hundreds.

When you win the toss and bowl, the result always dictates whether you'll be criticised or applauded.

I've shown throughout my career that I have always put representing my state and country first and foremost. I love what I do.

I believe cricket is big part of this country's culture, like all sports but cricket is the most dominant in our country. It is in our blood and even if you don't sit and watch it, the sound of cricket represents summer.

You've got to accept in this game that there are going to be tough times.

When I do well, I don't really feel it for me, I feel it for the people who have supported me through good times, but also through tough times.

I was very surprised when Dhoni retired from Test cricket; I thought he would have kept playing. He is a big player and you need big players in big tournaments.

You build yourself up for the big series, the big tournaments.

There's a lot of similarities with everything I try to do with my cricket - it's no different now to my business. You want to be as good as you possibly can. You get out of bed every day to try to become better. The same applies with Hublot - they want to be the first to achieve things.

What people don't understand is... because I became captain of Australia, I have no say in who gets a contract. Simon Katich was not dropped from a team when I was captain of Australia or when I was a selector.

I've always said, in India and England especially, but all around the world, it's hard to start your innings against good attacks.

I wish I knew myself, when I was playing, with the insight I gained once I found peace and distance from cricket, and fatherhood. I might have enjoyed those last years more.

It would be wrong to plan too much ahead of a match. You've got to go with the flow, go with your instincts.

I don't want to see the Australian players not focus on their preparation and training.

That's why you train every single day. You want to just bat.

The IPL deserves a lot of credit for introducing and growing T20 cricket.

How much money you have earned is irrelevant because most important thing is to earn and give respect. I think it all starts with how you have been brought up.

When I was younger I cared more about the position I batted.

There's a lot of good things about England, but I don't want to tell you too many of them.

Andrew Symonds went on TV to criticise my leadership. I'm sorry, but he is not a person to judge anyone on leadership.

I don't want to miss any game for Australia.

We always talk about single mothers; the challenges they face. But the single father faces challenges as well.