Greatness is achieved through consistent hard work.

Be humble in victory, gracious in defeat.

Focus on your strengths, and don’t dwell on your weaknesses.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire and how you handle disappointment along the way.

You can’t control everything, but you can control your attitude.

Cricket teaches you resilience.

Never give up, because you never know how close you are to success.

It’s important to enjoy the ride, not just focus on the end result.

Talent can take you far, but hard work can take you even further.

Respect the game, and it will respect you back.

Winning is important, but the way you win matters more.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Passion is what drives you to greatness.

In cricket, as in life, you need to adapt to survive.

Your attitude determines your altitude.

Teamwork makes the dream work.

Always be prepared for the unexpected.

Champions are made when no one is watching.

In cricket, as in life, you have to seize the moment.

Success is a journey, not a destination.

A good leader inspires others to believe in themselves.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Every time I walk out to bat, I’m ready to face the challenge.

I have made my thoughts on it (sledging) well known over the last couple of years. We are more than happy to be talking to opposition players in the field so long as it is not personal or abusive.

Not scoring one for the whole calendar year last year was a bit disappointing but I didn’t really feel any pressure to get my first one as skipper,

Great players are willing to do what ordinary players are not.

We knew that if we had to win the World Cup, the defensive side of the game had to be better, which means bowlers will have to bowl tight and we will have to field better.

You learn more from your losses than your victories.

I think we’ve been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.

Although we lost it has been a great Test and one of the best I have ever played in. Hopefully the next one will be exactly the same.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.

It’s nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

Cricket is a game of patience and skill.

It’s always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player.

Don’t wait for opportunities, create them.

We have played so well that the guys have really made my job fairly easy.

You need to find a way to make it fun.

How much golf I actually play depends on whom you ask. My wife says I’m out there every day. If you ask me, the cricket is getting in the way of the golf.

If I had to last 20 years, I would probably be batting in a wheelchair.

Winning is contagious.

I’ve told the guys to keep their heads up. I really believe we played a great game here.

The key to success is not just hard work but also persistence.

I know when I’ve been playing a lot of golf it takes me a while to get back into cricket again. It’s not so much the different shape of the swings, more the fact that you are stationary when you hit a golf ball. In cricket you have to move forward or back, which is an instinctive timing thing.

I guess we speak pretty loosely, don’t we, about looking forward to the Ashes and all that-and we are, but it’s not with both eyes. We’ve got one eye on that and one eye on what we need to get in place to make sure we’re the best team we can be for November.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I’ve spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.

It’s not about the runs you score; it’s about how you score them.

Every decision you make in life, not just on the sporting field – a lot of time and energy goes into it. You think things through before you make decisions and you always think the decision you make at the time is going to be the right one.

I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.

Success is not a destination, it’s a journey.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.