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I've been lucky enough to play over 100 Test matches for Australia.
- Michael Clarke
#Australia
#Enough
#Lucky
#Play
#Test
You build yourself up for the big series, the big tournaments.
- Michael Clarke
#Big
#Build
#Series
#Up
#Yourself
One-day cricket is about the World Cup and Test cricket is about the Ashes.
- Michael Clarke
#About
#Ashes
#Cricket
#Test
#World
As a parent, I'm absolutely no different to any other father.
- Michael Clarke
#Absolutely
#Different
#Father
#Parent
We always talk about single mothers; the challenges they face. But the single father faces challenges as well.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Challenges
#Face
#Father
#Talk
I think whoever wins the World Cup deserves the right to be named the number one-one day team in the world.
- Michael Clarke
#Day
#Right
#Team
#Think
#World
Every day I'm getting out of bed and trying to become a better player, a better person.
- Michael Clarke
#Better
#Day
#Every Day
#Person
#Trying
I'm not going to buy a magazine to read about Denzel Washington's personal life.
- Michael Clarke
#About
#Buy
#Life
#Magazine
#Personal
I've never been able to comprehend why people are interested in my personal life, cause I'm not like that.
- Michael Clarke
#Life
#Never
#People
#Personal
#Why
I think I'm extremely lucky to have been able to go through a separation with the mother of my child and us still be great friends.
- Michael Clarke
#Go
#Great
#Mother
#Separation
#Us
These one-dayers and these Twenty20s is where Virat Kohli can really stand up and lead from the front.
- Michael Clarke
#Lead
#Stand Up
#Stand
#Up
#Where
The way I've been brought up to play cricket, the captain has always taken accountability for success and defeat.
- Michael Clarke
#Captain
#Cricket
#Defeat
#Success
#Way
I've always cared that you're comfortable in what you're wearing.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Cared
#Comfortable
#Wearing
#You
My dream was to play cricket for Australia. I knew nothing about celebrity until I got stuck with being one.
- Michael Clarke
#Australia
#Celebrity
#Cricket
#Nothing
I've never been comfortable with fame and I never will be.
- Michael Clarke
#Been
#Comfortable
#Fame
#Never
#Will
People reckon I'm a show pony but I like to look good. And when I'm not living and breathing cricket, I'd much rather drive a fast car or go shopping for clothes than play golf or go fishing.
- Michael Clarke
#Car
#Fishing
#Good
#Look
#Shopping
As a captain you probably take it more personally when the team doesn't have as much success as you would like, which probably just makes me work harder.
- Michael Clarke
#Captain
#Me
#More
#Success
#Work
The teams that have won the World Cup, I've looked at them as the No. 1 team in the world.
- Michael Clarke
#Cup
#Team
#Won
#World Cup
#World
I don't want to miss any game for Australia.
- Michael Clarke
#Any
#Australia
#Game
#Miss
#Want
I'd love to play in the Big Bash at some stage.
- Michael Clarke
#Bash
#Big
#Love
#Play
#Stage
I've said openly I'd love to take part in the IPL at some stage.
- Michael Clarke
#Love
#Said
#Some
#Stage
#Take
I certainly feel like I've got the support and respect as a player because I've played a lot of international cricket.
- Michael Clarke
#Cricket
#Feel
#Like
#Respect
#Support
I'm a bit different from your average cricketer.
- Michael Clarke
#Average
#Bit
#Different
#Your
I always know in advance what I've got coming up. Preparation's important to me - it helps my performance.
- Michael Clarke
#Important
#Me
#Performance
#Preparation
I'm never late.
- Michael Clarke
#Late
#Never
I'm a very organised guy.
- Michael Clarke
#Guy
#Organised
#Very
Afridi has been a wonderful player for Pakistan.
- Michael Clarke
#Been
#Pakistan
#Player
#Wonderful
Conditions dictate how much fast bowling you face compared to how much spin you face.
- Michael Clarke
#Face
#Fast
#How Much
#How
#Spin
After getting dropped from the Australian team, for me it was always just about being the team, it doesn't matter where I bat.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Bat
#Matter
#Me
#Team
When I was younger I cared more about the position I batted.
- Michael Clarke
#About
#Cared
#More
#Position
#Younger
I will never, ever take for granted scoring a hundred for Australia.
- Michael Clarke
#Australia
#Never
#Take For Granted
#Will
I've never scored an easy hundred, it's always been tough, especially against a very good attack.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Easy
#Good
#Never
#Tough
To make big runs you've got to bat plenty of time.
- Michael Clarke
#Bat
#Big
#Got
#Make
#Time
I don't give my body the chance to stop and do nothing, just in case it likes it too much. I train five days a week, minimum once a day.
- Michael Clarke
#Body
#Chance
#Day
#Nothing
#Week
I remember the 2015 World Cup looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that big Hublot sign and that clock and I just think it's a real compliment to the game of cricket.
- Michael Clarke
#Cricket
#Game
#Looking
#Remember
#World
Guys only really have watches and cars as show pieces, and that's why so many men love their watches - it's our show piece, it's our style. And what I like especially about Hublot is the variety.
- Michael Clarke
#Love
#Men
#Show
#Style
#Why
I don't want to see the Australian players not focus on their preparation and training.
- Michael Clarke
#Focus
#Preparation
#See
#Training
#Want
To me, Virat Kohli is the greatest batsman to have ever played one-day cricket. I have no doubts after seeing what he has achieved for India.
- Michael Clarke
#Cricket
#Greatest
#He
#Me
#Seeing
I've always loved the water and boats so Whitsundays is magnificent.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Boats
#Loved
#Magnificent
#Water
My mum and dad both worked full-time jobs to send my sister and I to public school, and to allow us to play the sports we wanted.
- Michael Clarke
#Dad
#Play
#School
#Sports
#Us
I'd like to say I'm a very silly man. But I'm not that silly. I'm not throwing any diamond ring down a toilet.
- Michael Clarke
#Down
#Man
#Ring
#Say
#Toilet
The IPL deserves a lot of credit for introducing and growing T20 cricket.
- Michael Clarke
#Credit
#Cricket
#Deserves
#Growing
#Lot
I was very surprised when Dhoni retired from Test cricket; I thought he would have kept playing. He is a big player and you need big players in big tournaments.
- Michael Clarke
#Big
#Cricket
#Need
#Players
#Test
There are parts of the game you always miss. I have missed the competitive spirit, competing against the opposition. But I have really enjoyed time away from cricket.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Cricket
#Game
#Spirit
#Time
Lot of people think I have played international cricket for 13 years, but I started at six years of age, so it is 28 years of cricket.
- Michael Clarke
#Age
#Cricket
#People
#Six
#Think
Andrew Symonds went on TV to criticise my leadership. I'm sorry, but he is not a person to judge anyone on leadership.
- Michael Clarke
#He
#Judge
#Leadership
#Person
#Sorry
When you win the toss and bowl, the result always dictates whether you'll be criticised or applauded.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Bowl
#Result
#Whether
#Win
I've shown throughout my career that I have always put representing my state and country first and foremost. I love what I do.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Country
#First
#Love
#State
I hope we win every game we play, but the reality is it can't happen.
- Michael Clarke
#Game
#Hope
#Play
#Reality
#Win
As captain of the Australian team we will do whatever it takes to make sure this game continues to grow.
- Michael Clarke
#Captain
#Game
#Grow
#Whatever
#Will
We believe the most important thing is giving back to this game, not just for the players that are playing today but for the future of the game.
- Michael Clarke
#Believe
#Future
#Game
#Important
#Today
It would be wrong to plan too much ahead of a match. You've got to go with the flow, go with your instincts.
- Michael Clarke
#Ahead
#Flow
#Go
#Too Much
#Wrong
Twenty20 cricket is fantastic. I love it, especially how fast it is.
- Michael Clarke
#Cricket
#Fantastic
#Fast
#How
#Love
I think it is important to lead from the front no doubt.
- Michael Clarke
#Doubt
#Front
#Important
#Lead
#Think
Your greatest strength can be your greatest weakness.
- Michael Clarke
#Greatest
#Strength
#Weakness
#Your
When I do well, I don't really feel it for me, I feel it for the people who have supported me through good times, but also through tough times.
- Michael Clarke
#Good Times
#Good
#Me
#Tough Times
#Tough
That's why you train every single day. You want to just bat.
- Michael Clarke
#Day
#Every
#Train
#Want
#Why
I remember my father, when I was a kid, retiring me on 50. He never used to let me bat past 50. He'd say I had to retire to give the other kids an opportunity.
- Michael Clarke
#Father
#Me
#Opportunity
#Past
#Remember
I don't feel any more pressure or expectation because I'm captain. I want to win.
- Michael Clarke
#Captain
#Feel
#More
#Pressure
#Win
I believe cricket is big part of this country's culture, like all sports but cricket is the most dominant in our country. It is in our blood and even if you don't sit and watch it, the sound of cricket represents summer.
- Michael Clarke
#Believe
#Cricket
#Culture
#Sound
#Sports
When somebody questions or insults my integrity and my credibility that's not for sale.
- Michael Clarke
#Insults
#Integrity
#Questions
#Somebody
You've got to accept in this game that there are going to be tough times.
- Michael Clarke
#Accept
#Game
#Going
#Tough Times
#Tough
It takes a lot of hard work to feel you can walk out onto a ground in an international game and have success and once you get it you want it to stay forever. So you've got to ride that wave for as long as you can.
- Michael Clarke
#Game
#Hard Work
#Success
#Walk
#Work
Every time I come to India, I know I am going to get some great food.
- Michael Clarke
#Food
#Great
#I Am
#Know
#Time
I would love not to take cricket home but I don't do shades of grey. I need to be 100 per cent committed.
- Michael Clarke
#Cricket
#Grey
#Home
#Love
#Shades
I live and breathe cricket 24/7.
- Michael Clarke
#Breathe
#Cricket
#Live
How much money you have earned is irrelevant because most important thing is to earn and give respect. I think it all starts with how you have been brought up.
- Michael Clarke
#Earn
#Important
#Money
#Respect
#Up
Professional sportspersons are role models, recognized and they have a responsibility. Having said that, everyone makes mistakes and one needs to move on and learn from them.
- Michael Clarke
#Mistakes
#Professional
#Responsibility
There's a lot of similarities with everything I try to do with my cricket - it's no different now to my business. You want to be as good as you possibly can. You get out of bed every day to try to become better. The same applies with Hublot - they want to be the first to achieve things.
- Michael Clarke
#Business
#Cricket
#Day
#Every Day
#Good
Hublot has always been happy to be different, unique and they want to be the first to do things - and they certainly have done that when it comes to cricket.
- Michael Clarke
#Always
#Cricket
#Done
#Happy
#Unique
I think cricket is generally known as a very old and traditional sport.
- Michael Clarke
#Cricket
#I Think
#Known
#Old
#Think
I've had three young children close to me - my nephew, niece and my god-daughter - born into the world needing life-saving machines to help them survive.
- Michael Clarke
#Born
#Children
#Me
#Three
#World
If one of our players is getting a hard time, we're going to stick up for him.
- Michael Clarke
#Hard
#Players
#Stick
#Time
#Up
I have always enjoyed my time coming to India. It is a country where I have always felt welcome and I don't mind the spices, I can deal with it.
- Michael Clarke
#Country
#I Can
#Mind
#Time
#Welcome
You need to do what's comfortable to you... if it doesn't suit your personality then I wouldn't try to be someone I'm not.
- Michael Clarke
#Comfortable
#Need
#Personality
#Try
#You
I wish I knew myself, when I was playing, with the insight I gained once I found peace and distance from cricket, and fatherhood. I might have enjoyed those last years more.
- Michael Clarke
#Cricket
#Distance
#Myself
#Peace
#Wish
I don't think Sir Michael Clarke suits me at all, no.
- Michael Clarke
#Me
#Michael
#Sir
#Suits
#Think
Play tough Australian cricket. Whether we like it or not, that's in our blood. If you try and walk away from it, we might be the most liked team in the world, we're not going to win. We won't win a game.
- Michael Clarke
#Cricket
#Game
#Tough
#Walk
#World
Mate, I don't care about race or colour or sexuality.
- Michael Clarke
#About
#Care
#don't Care
#Race
#Sexuality
I don't want to be restricted in where I field and how I field.
- Michael Clarke
#Field
#How
#Restricted
#Want
#Where
Sangakkara was a force and an absolute gentleman of the game.
- Michael Clarke
#Absolute
#Force
#Game
#Gentleman
I love batting at four.
- Michael Clarke
#Batting
#Four
#I Love
#Love
What people don't understand is... because I became captain of Australia, I have no say in who gets a contract. Simon Katich was not dropped from a team when I was captain of Australia or when I was a selector.
- Michael Clarke
#Australia
#Captain
#People
#Understand
The things that made me were the highs and the lows - that's what made me the cricketer I was when I retired. And the lows do a lot to give you a real kick up the backside in making sure you never take things for granted.
- Michael Clarke
#Kick
#Me
#Never
#Real
#Things
My whole career the work I do off the field has given me every chance to have the success I've had on the field, and that won't change.
- Michael Clarke
#Chance
#Change
#Me
#Success
#Work
When I look back, I don't know how to put into words how much I owe the game of cricket - it changed my life, made my life and helped mould me into the man I am today.
- Michael Clarke
#Game
#I Am
#Life
#Man
#Today
Confidence is a vital part of any team and any squad. You have to earn that though.
- Michael Clarke
#Confidence
#Earn
#Squad
#Team
#Though
I'm like every other player; you get frustrated that you don't make as many runs as you would like and get frustrated that the team's not having success but that only makes the challenge more exciting.
- Michael Clarke
#Challenge
#Like
#More
#Success
#Team
I think what I love most about the brand of Hublot - obviously the quality of watches speak for themselves - but the brand is always trying to get better.
- Michael Clarke
#Better
#Love
#Quality
#Speak
#Trying
I've always said the game owes me nothing, I owe it everything. I'm thankful I've been able to play it for so long.
- Michael Clarke
#Game
#Long
#Me
#Nothing
#Thankful
I think integrity is underrated.
- Michael Clarke
#I Think
#Integrity
#Think
#Underrated
Respecting every individual is very important. It starts with respecting elders regardless of profession.
- Michael Clarke
#Elders
#Every
#Important
#Profession
I think the word respect is underrated.
- Michael Clarke
#I Think
#Respect
#Think
#Underrated
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