Kevin Pietersen Quotes (18 Quotes)

It's fantastic for me and great to get this award on the day we win the Ashes, but respect to every player from both sides. I dropped six catches this summer so maybe it's not a bad thing I got lucky a couple of times today. That is the best innings I will ever play.

I thought the boys played brilliant cricket today on hitting 91 not out off 65 balls to sink the Aussies, 2005 one day series

It is probably the start of the banter they want to get going before the Ashes. We know the Australian guys are great guys and we're good mates with them, which means the series will be played in good spirits.

I am not bound by material things. It's being successful that drives me forward. I love success. I don't wake up in the morning thinking 'Great - I've got one million pounds in the bank'. I wake up happy because I am a successful part of a successful team. It's that success that brings all the media coverage, the first-night parties, the endorsements. I will never lose sight of that. It has come very quickly - sooner than even I expected. But it's great to know that if I continue in the same vein, then I can do exactly what I want with the rest of my life. I will be financially secure.

It was only stares and swearwords really, nothing serious. I just laugh about it because they can hardly speak proper English.

That's not a Christmas present. It's with you for the rest of your life, so no one can take it away from me and say I'm not English.

I've dropped six catches and nobody's given me a beer.

Lee tried to kill me and that wasn't nice. I came through it and I gained great heart.

I thought I had a pretty good go at the emerging player of the year but the one-day international player of the year really got (surprised me),

Yesterday was not a silly shot.

This the way I bat against the spinners. I don't like spinners tying me down in the middle.

I have been batting well on the last two days of the tour. Getting out just 13 short of a ton is disappointing but it was need of the hour as the team needed quick runs to declare and put pressure on India.

But I just don't see how it is an important matter. When I was caught on the boundary at Old Trafford it was by Brad Hodge, who was on as a substitute.

It's the confidence factor you need to take into the sub-continent and I have that.

It's been a whirlwind, the last 12 months. I'm just thrilled to be here, and I thank all the people that have helped me in achieving this success.

I was not feeling 100 per cent fit, yet I wanted to play considering the situation we were in. I hate missing international matches and I just wanted to go out there.

In all my life, my hands have never been perspiring as much as they did when I went up to get that award. In the whole series, even on the last day at the Oval, I was not as nervous as then.

It is fantastic news. We need him back, and it will be good to have him facing the first ball (in the first Test against Sri Lanka) on May 11.