"He plays things pretty close to his chest about these kinds of issues, but I would be surprised if he is spending his days planning how he will leave the game."
Justin Langer on Matthew Hayden
"Yippeeee"
The Reverend Desmond Tutu reacts succinctly to South Africa's series win in Australia
"I had dinner with [girlfriend] Shamone that evening and she asked whether we had any chance. Normally I would probably have said 'no', but this time I didn't. I said, 'Cricket is a strange game and I've seen some really weird things happen. There are still three days left, we'll see.'"
After the second day, Jacques Kallis was optimistic about South Africa's chances of winning the Melbourne Test
"When I speak to a player - Morne Morkel, say - I tell him that he is the managing director of Morne Morkel Limited, and that everything he does, whether it be training, nutrition, or mental preparation, will affect his share price."
Jermey Snape, sports psychologist to the South African team, brings corporate into cricket
"If I happen to play I'll put 150,000% in."
Doug Bollinger is either mega-excited about his possible Test debut, or maths is not his strong point
"It's not a time for chopping and changing the side."
Australia's chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch, who has not picked the same team in consecutive Tests for any of the past 15 matches
"I've spent the past two days speaking in a South African accent and already it is working wonders: everyone wants to pick you in their cricket team and you get better service in the shops around St Ives. It's an excellent and guttural way to live."
The Sydney Morning Herald's Aaron Timms provides a solution in coping with Australia's first home-series defeat to South Africa
"I don't think there's enough beer in all of Australia to satisfy us tonight."
Paul Harris on how South Africa will celebrate their historic series win
"I've never batted for so long before in my life. I've got a blister on my finger. It's my first batting injury."
A proud Dale Steyn the day after his 238-minute innings of 76 against Australia
"Had a school team bowled and fielded as abysmally as the West Indies did over their first dozen overs yesterday, everyone would have been given 100 lines and sent into detention, if not flogged."
Tony Cozier offers a brutally honest assessment of West Indies' performance in the second Twenty20 against New Zealand in Hamilton
"Look what India did to Pakistan. They just let us down."
Former ICC president Ehsan Mani warns the Pakistan board to look away from India for support among Test-playing countries
"I don't believe in technique, I believe in performance. If you are tough, whether you have technique or not, you'll survive."
The philosophy behind Virender Sehwag's batting
"The game's called Twenty20, it's not called one1."
Daniel Vettori isn't a fan of the super over after getting his for 25 by Chris Gayle.
"The buck stops with me as far as our performance is concerned. We've all been a little bit disappointed with the way some of the results have gone."
Ricky Ponting sums up his year
"I have a lot of gamblers in my room, I had to sort of fight them back a little bit."
Daniel Vettori on his decision to abandon the run-chase against West Indies in Napier
"When I was batting I saw on the scoreboard South Africa had won - and it made me chuckle a little bit."
Kevin Pietersen took pleasure from Australia's defeat in Perth.
"I asked a few people [what "pie chucker" meant] and they told me it was a useless kind of a bowler. Well, a useless bowler getting him out five times, that's useless batting, I'd say."
Yuvraj Singh isn't going to take Kevin Pietersen's comments lying down
"His bowling action is useless though and mine is much better. But if he works hard he can be a good bowler. I'll give him some tips and show him how to bowl in the rough if he likes."
Yuvraj Singh doesn't rate Kevin Pietersen as a bowler
"Having an offspinner going for four runs an over in Australia's weak attack is like a council labourer hiring a limousine to arrive to work each day."
Robert Craddock on how Jason Krejza didn't help Australia's cause much in Perth
"How do you marry the born-again Christianity with the ruthless sledging of Graeme Smith [...] Hayden has been one of the most intimidating batsmen of his era, but also one of the least endearing."
Vic Marks sums up why Matthew Hayden has never been the fans' favourite outside Australia