There are of course mornings when you wouldn't mind a lie in..

I'm not too good with packing. I always have every intention of doing it the week before and then leave it until the last moment - but at least I do ….

My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life..

I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy.

Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts..

We have to take care of our own game. There's only one place we've got to stick up for ourselves and that's the pitch..

A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until….

When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all….

I'm not really someone who looks forward to the gym. But I realise it's something that I have to do to perform well on the pitch..

Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit..

But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I have to remember what I do for….

It's usually the funny comments which are the better ones - and they are good for the game..

I've read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he's written some beauties..

Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it..

That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I be….

It's a big part of my life, listening to music and watching TV..

Personally I prefer to work things out by feel, by instinct..

Sure, you can do without the hard personal comments, but it doesn't really happen apart from a few isolated incidents..

I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like..

It's far more daunting than bowling to Ricky Ponting or facing Shane Warne.

If I'm playing well I'll get through a bat in three weeks. I batter them..