Cricketer

Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.

It doesn't matter how many runs one person puts together. We want to get partnerships and get 400 runs on the board. One person can't get 400 runs on the board if there is nobody at the other end.

Even I lost a series of Test matches as skipper.

I want to be a consistent individual. I want to be someone my team can depend on all the time.

Growing up in the '70s my heroes were Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks as a left-hand batsman.

KL Rahul has the technique for all forms of the game and for me more Test cricket than anything else. And if he performs so well in T20s and the 50-overs game, I think Test cricket is really where he's made for.

I'm not much of a sports fan.

I have been knocked down so many times, as a player and as a person, and I have had the strength, I suppose that has come from my parents, to be able to pick myself each and every single time and go out there in the face of adversity and try my best and perform. I didn't read it up in a book. It's deep down and it's part of my family trait.

I just want that someone in their 50s or 60s, when they talk about Brian Lara, they say 'I enjoyed watching that guy playing cricket.'

There are always going to be critics. But I have got to go out there and do my job.

Every senior player has to play a part and help the skipper by performing their duties on the field and secondly by performing their duties off the field.

You don't need a group of superstars, you need a team working together to bring you better results.

As a former cricketer you want to give something back.

I've played with and against great players. I've been with Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and played against Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jaque Kallis and Virat Kohli is up there with the very best.

I first took up golf in 1994, and used to play intermittently. I couldn't devote as much time to it as I would've liked.

I played a couple first-class matches at Carlton and Guaracara Park and it was a real burial ground for the fast bowlers.

I've been part of five World Cups and we reached the semis only in 1996.

First of all my golfing experience spans all corners of the World - Brazil, New Zealand, L.A. And I think the best place is when you play with friends. I particularly enjoy playing golf with my best friend, former Manchester United player Dwight Yorke. It is the best experience when we can get together on a golf course.

You just don't pick up family values, unless your parents teach you and let you know exactly what they expect.

What you have to understand is that the first day I picked up a bat I made an impression on my older sister Agnes and my dad. It was about seeing people satisfied by what you're doing. I was creating a fan base.