Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
As long as we're winning, I'm fine.
I think it was like, 'I don't look like you, Mom. I don't look like you, Dad. Like, what's going on here?' They just kind of told me I was adopted. I was like, 'OK, that's fine with me.'
You define great players as guys that are out there grinding, battling every day with their team.
I went to University of Illinois team camp. And that was a big deal for me. I got MVP of the camp, but they offered another kid from the camp, which was fine. I laughed with the couple coaches I know who were there at the time, who were part of recruiting the other guy.
I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.
I've made peace with the fact that the World Cup will not define me. Yes, it would be nice to add that to what's been a very enjoyable career, but I know it won't define me as a person or cricketer.
The main lesson I learned from 2015 is that a World Cup doesn't define a player's career.
I see potential in everything. It's about opening your mind to what you can do to the garment: because they're cheap, you can cut them or stitch them, and if you stuff it up, it's fine - it's only two dollars.
I don't like to define myself as necessarily conservative. What is it to be a conservative? What is it to be a Republican, even?
