Shane Warne Quotations

With Australians we're saying we're going to win before we start playing and pretty much keep on saying that.

We played well in Kenya. We didn't lose a game and we bowled Pakistan out for 100 twice. We don't need to change much from that for this tournament.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

Being in love with somebody is a wonderful feeling.

There are a lot more tabloids in England that like to report other things in your life, some of which are true and some of which are exaggerated and untrue. There have been stories where people claim to have seen me in one place and I wasnt even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic.

I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa; they are a very good team.

I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes.

You can't afford to live your life with regrets.

I'm proud of what I've achieved in cricket, as once I didn't think I was good enough.

The first thing is to be patient, which is probably the hardest thing to do. Don't worry if blokes are whacking you out of the park because you still have the opportunity to get him out next ball, even if it's not the same ball.

I still eat pizzas, I still like pies, I still have spaghetti hoops for breakfast... but it's in moderation now.

We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.

I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can.

The public want to see people play an exciting brand of cricket.

The problem is there's still a big kid inside me who likes to have fun. I am passionate about my cricket and I love my family, but I'm also a kid and maybe I need to grow up... And maybe I don't.

All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving.

My life was falling apart and then to come out and play and have my best ever - 40 wickets, 250 runs... But the only reason I could do that was because of the way I thought and I think I'm pretty strong mentally. I think I am anyway, pretty strong to get over whatever it is.

I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them... on face value. I think that was how we were both, the way we were.

I can 100 percent tell you that I have not gone under the surgeon's knife or had a facelift.

With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.

I have always tried to move on from disappointments as fast as I can.

It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time.

Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I'd get.

I am no dummy, mate, that's for sure.

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.

I'm fitter than I've ever been, I'm actually very, very healthy and I'm happy.

People make mistakes and I've probably made a few more than others, but unfortunately mine are also a bit more public. That's the way it is. You've just got to get on with life. After all, it's not a rehearsal.

My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

I have a responsibility to my children to be fit and healthy.

I've slept with a couple of people and made some poor choices and put things in jeopardy with [...] what I was happy with, and that's my own fault. I've got no one else to blame about that stuff.

If you ask anyone around the cricket grounds, they will say I always sign loads of autographs and thank the ladies for lunch and try to behave in the right way.

The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can.

I also think there's too many players who say the same boring answers, they don't even have to turn up to interviews because journalists answer their own questions the way they ask them. Unfortunately the way it is now players are so afraid to say anything, but I'd like them to be honest.

I have been trying to lose weight for the last two-three months and it has gone really well. In the last 6-12 months I have been in the best form in quite a while.

Where it came from I don't know. But if people are trying to unsettle me personally and the team all together through the newspapers, it won't work. We'll be looking into this article in particular and taking it from there.

When we go to South Africa it is going to be pretty hostile there. They are going to rip into us and nail us. They have to expect Australian crowds to nail them but the racist stuff is not on. I am disappointed that has happened, if it has, and hopefully it stops.

When we go to South Africa, it is going to be pretty hostile there. They are going to rip into us and try to nail us down.

Yep. And I'm sorry for that. It's cost me lots of stuff. At the end of the day, it's cost me probably - a chance to captain Australia.

We're quietly confident but a couple of quick wickets early and the West Indies are right in the game,

There are two ways of looking at it, like a heavyweight title fight if Bangladesh beat Australia in a one-day game they'd be the best side in the world,

Shane needs constant support, encouragement and reassurance that he is the man. He loves to be loved.

If we can keep this side together and the boys continue to play the way they have - and a couple of our young players start to make some runs - we'll be as good as anyone around.

If they start to get affected then everything will stop.

I don't know about a changing of the guard, but it might be time for changes,

But when it's Glenn McGrath, arguably the best fast bowler in the world, you want to give him every chance to play and if that means it's a last-minute decision then it's a last-minute decision.

But it's very hard being on the road. It's very lonely.

I enjoyed living in England but I have to weigh up the whole package, the travel and so on,

He was trying to be funny but he's the one we'll probably look back at next year and I bet we'll be laughing at him like we did tonight.

Whatever it is, the pressure or wanting it too much, I don't know.

He should worry about getting a good wicket and keeping quiet.

I wouldn't be prepared to say that. It would have been very nice to see Shane captain, and where he's had a chance to captain the side he's done very well.

I think in the back of their (England's) minds they will think they have played very well but we have held on for the draw and only lost by two runs when we were outplayed,

I thought David Fulton actually understood the game, but he must dislike us totally to go and hand someone the championship like that,

I think we have come though pretty well in tough situations. We batted against the wall and made 379.

I think Cameron is a future Australian Test player, provided he sticks to the way he plays and doesn't try to be someone different.

I think they will be disappointed they are not 2-1 up. I think the pressure is on England and not Australia. At the end of the day, they have to win. We only have to win one (of the last two tests).

I think that is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen,

I think everyone out there thinks that there's been hundreds and hundreds and thousands of women. That is not actually the case.

Over the last few years especially there haven't been a lot of five-day Test matches, so you're not exploiting the conditions late (in the) fourth day and fifth day,

I think he'll be fine because he's a champion, ... In these situations champions come to the top and if he can get the ball down to the other end then I think he'll play - he wouldn't let himself or the team down by saying he's right when he's not.

I think he's a class player. He's proven he's one of the best fast bowlers for as long as we've been playing and I'm sure he'll be in the World Cup and lead the attack as he always has and do well. He's a big-match player, when the World Cup comes around McGrath will take the new rock and do extremely well. I don't think there's any doubt about Glenn McGrath being there.

I think he would be the first to say he had a bit of luck, ... He hung in there and toughed it out, which is one of the hallmarks of the series.

I still think Kemp is the new Darryl.

It didn't really worry me whatsoever what he was saying. You can take yourself too seriously, take it for a bit of fun.

It is definitely on my mind but, if it doesn't happen, I will still be happy if we win and I take a few wickets along the way.

I wasn't that happy with the way I bowled, I struggled for rhythm, I even bowled a few no-balls and things like that.

The pressure's on us as far as I'm concerned. We have to play well for five days. If we don't play well, for the first time in nearly 20 years, we've lost the Ashes. Hopefully that'll make us respond and the guys will soak it up and see it as a challenge rather than fear it.

Those guys will be knocking on the door and they've got some form as well. I reckon Shane Harwood is a real chance. He's been bowling unbelievably fast this year. Everyone who's played against him is surprised by his pace, his hostility, his aggression - and no one's seen him.

You look at the form of them since the Ashes series, they have won only one Test match.

But once you do that it's a beautiful place to bat, the ball comes onto the bat nicely and the bounce is even.

We've had a pretty good day, I think we're just slightly ahead,

There have been little tiny things where England have outplayed us, ... With 20 runs more, we might have won the last Test. And even at Old Trafford, if we had contained England to 25 fewer runs we probably would have won.

Even though we are the home side, the pressure will be on England. I can't remember how long it is since they reached the final of a leading tournament, so there will be so much expectation on them now.

Everybody would like to know where they stand and what the side is as early as possible, which helps everyone prepare,

At the moment we're still the best side in the world,

At the moment my kids are the most important thing to me,

Criticism is never nice, but you accept it because it comes with the territory. Stories that are completely unsubstantiated and untrue are another matter,

Every time there's been a script written, I've just about done it. I suppose I'm allowed one that I don't get every now and then.

I've played in 120-odd Tests and the series you remember are the close ones,

The one thing I'll remember from this series is the way it's been played and the spirit it's been played in.

After every Test match, we've both been celebrating together.

Strauss played very well. He hung in there and toughed it out.

Anyone who thinks the game is over hasn't been watching the same game or seen the conditions.

Back in April I said this guy has got the X-factor about him and I think he's very, very dangerous,

That's nearly seven (wickets) a game in that time, so I must be doing something pretty right, ... If I keep bowling like I'm bowling -- and we've been playing against the best players of spin -- and I'm taking wickets at a better rate than I have in my life, then 700 is a possibility.

This ground has special memories for me. I have never lost a Test match here and there have been some pretty special individual moments for me here as well,

They are basically now the second best side in the world and it takes a bit of time to adapt. It is different when you approach a series and suddenly your own expectations and everyone else's expectations are that you are going to win.

You can't just bowl leg break after leg break when it's not turning a long way,

There's a lot of thick green grass on it, and it's pretty hard.

A clean sweep is a realistic dream in the coming years,

It's been a general trait of all (South Africa) captains over the years, especially Smith. That's the way they play.

It's been played in really good spirit. Everybody's clapped everyone's runs, wickets, clapped people off. I think I've been one of the most aggressive players to play. I like throwing the ball at batsmen's heads and things like that all the time and I enjoy that, but you can also play in the right spirit.

It's been played in really good spirit, ... Everybody's clapped everyone's runs, wickets, clapped people off. I think I've been one of the most aggressive players to play. I like throwing the ball at batsmen's heads and things like that all the time and I enjoy that, but you can also play in the right spirit.

The numbers have been pretty good, ... But however well I've been bowling and batting, that's irrelevant now. Now everything comes down to one match, and for me these are the situations I thrive on.

It was a pretty good day, I think we are just probably slightly ahead,

It was nice to get the record in a place where it's always been difficult.

It will start spinning as the game goes on, and I think Ashley Giles will be a major player for England.

I'm not sure I can go that long. We'll wait and see.

I'm happy about the record, but more pleased I got a couple of crucial wickets when we needed them.