Brian Lara
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.
A guy who is walking out of his crease purposefully because he wants to take advantage is wrong.
Alzarri Joseph is someone who I look at and say 'this guys has got potential, he's a wicket-taker.' He is someone who I'd like to see do well.
I feel as if I was to strike on one thing that I was decent at was mentally where I prepared myself strongly.
The reserve strength is very important in assessing a team's ability.
I'm not much of a sports fan.
I have a lot of people I respect and a lot of people I have time for - reciprocity isn't necessary.
It's a cliche that cricket is the only unifying force in the Caribbean. It is but there are a lot of other factors that keep us apart. Success in sport and war will always unite but you need to have a greater foundation and greater core.
The highest-ranked team in the world has the responsibility to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld every single time they play. And that the spirit of cricket is with them every time they enter the field.
I grew up at a time when West Indies dominated the world. For 15 years from 1980, the West Indies never lost a Test series.
Having a decent place to live is fundamental for families.
For people coming in through the turnstiles and people sponsoring, we are entertainers and that's where the game is going.
People want sport that they can go on an afternoon and watch with their kids.
Attacking players are the ones who are best suited to break a record.
Even I lost a series of Test matches as skipper.
Tendulkar has had the greatest cricket career of anyone who has ever played the game.
I have never played a Test match at the Eden... It's such a big shame and disappointment.
Yes, golf is a weird game. I was capable of dealing with moving and bouncing cricket balls, but this little silly ball, sitting on the ground, gave me quite a headache early on for few years, but taught me how to be disciplined in controlling the ball.
Pretty early, when I started playing golf, I was compared to Garfield Sobers, who played both cricket and golf.
In cricket, you should keep your wrist as straight as possible, unlike golf.
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 believe cricket is a harder game. If at age six you started both sports you'd excel at golf more.
I would like to be remembered as someone who came out there and tried to entertain.
Getting into your 30s, you don't feel the same as in your early 20s.
The Caribbean is all Third World islands and it's very tough to raise the money for sports.
I am always committed to West Indies cricket.
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.
As a boy, you never really thought of Hall of Fames, you never really thought of records.
Growing up in the '70s my heroes were Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks as a left-hand batsman.
You just don't pick up family values, unless your parents teach you and let you know exactly what they expect.
There are always going to be critics. But I have got to go out there and do my job.
It's an honour to captain the West Indies.
The most unfortunate thing in cricket is not achieving what I set out to do from the very beginning: to be a part of a successful team over a long period of time. I had a little taste of it when I started in 1989, and up till 1995.
It has been a great honour to play for the West Indies, to hold a bat and to spend 17 years in international cricket. That is something I am proud of.
People point fingers at the leader. That happens in every sport.
I've been part of five World Cups and we reached the semis only in 1996.
I know the history of West Indies cricket and I know what it means to the people.
I've played and I've been a student of the game.
A high-profile player has to toe the line and I try to lead by example. A lot of guys appreciate that, and it is an advantage to have somebody as captain whom the players feel they can look up to; somebody whose door they can knock on to talk about anything on cricket or life.
When you've got an opportunity to try and finish a game on a given day, you try and do that.
I have enjoyed playing in England, and have enjoyed the reception I've got from the people here.
Cricket is my life and it has been since the age of five so the first opportunity I get, I'll be back playing for West Indies.
The World Cup is not a normal one-day series.
I look at Sachin and I see a great player, the kind of person that you would like to follow, but I have my reputation and am happy with the way my career has gone.
It's a great achievement for a 29-year-old to play 100 Tests.
If there's one thing I don't have, it's an insular bone.
I don't play politics.
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 had many ups and downs in my career. I've worked really hard on my game throughout.