Shane Warne

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 wasn't even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic.

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Being in love with somebody is a wonderful feeling.