I am fully aware that cricket is like a second religion in Pakistan.
AB de Villiers
For my part, I am not a great believer in bad luck on the cricket field, in business - in fact, in any walk of life.
I was brought up to always see the glass half full instead of half empty and played my cricket that way.
We all grow up dreaming of playing international cricket.
In my heart, international cricket is the way forward. That's where you want to play; that's where the pressure really lies. That's where you make your name.
I will always be grateful to the coaches and staff of Cricket South Africa for their support through all these years.
I can't keep playing 10-11 months a year and keep being sharp after 15 years of international cricket.
Money wasn't the motivating factor in calling time on my international career and focusing on T20 cricket. If I was here to make as much money as I can, I would be playing 10 to 12 tournaments a year.
I'm a bit undercooked when it comes to keeping in Test cricket, but I've had a lot of experience in T20 and ODIs for my country, and my keeping has improved a lot.
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.
Test cricket is the ultimate challenge.
It's always been the most important thing for me to enjoy my cricket.
I truly believe that players who tell you they don't feel the pressure of international cricket, of being away from home for months at a time, are lying to everyone and themselves.
I know Test cricket is more about endurance. T20 is more about innovating, creating, and the energy at the wicket.
It's important to make sure your players have the mindset that playing international cricket is still the ultimate form of cricket.
I announced my retirement from international cricket in May 2018 because I wanted to reduce my workload and spend more time with my wife and young sons. Some have insisted I was motivated purely by money. They are wrong.
I have been massively proud to have played for and, indeed, captain my country on the cricket field.
Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.
I'll do whatever it takes for us to win games of cricket. If I have to sledge, I'll get involved like that. I'll try and intimidate a player if I have to.
If there can be films about why hockey (and not just cricket) is cool, there can be a film or two about the virtues of honest, hard work.
Abhijit Banerjee
I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.
Growing up, dad coached my footy and cricket teams, but that's all he could do for me.
I wanted to become a cricketer primarily because the idea of playing in front of 40,000 odd people gave me an adrenaline rush.
I would like to believe that I would have made a good cricketer.
I used to play rugby, polo, tennis, and cricket in school. It was only in the 1990s, when I used to live just opposite Harrods in London, that I started putting on weight. I used to have my breakfast there every day.
I love the body language of the women cricketers and the attitude with which they carry themselves.
'Kanaa' is a rare opportunity; it's about women's cricket, and they've trusted me with this film. I trained for nearly four hours every day with three coaches.
It's an honour to play a woman cricketer on screen.
When a fan buys a ticket for a cricket match or a movie, he is not worried about the colour, creed, or religion of the person sitting next to him. If you look at any actor's fan base in India, you will find that they are from different regions.
Though my first love is cricket, I was never away from any other disciplines too.
Am I happiest on the farm or out in the middle? I am a cricketer, but the farm is a very special place and I absolutely love being in the countryside and getting away from the bubble. I like to think I'm a farmer, but there's so much experience that goes into that.
I think my general view of day-night Test cricket is that there is definitely something there that the ICC can keep looking at because it moves the game forward with timing and allows more people to come and watch.
In one sense, what happens for me outside of cricket gives me that break - the farming means I have a really different life outside of cricket; it's not just cricket, cricket, cricket for 12 months of the year.
I love cricket but I like being away from it as well.
You're either singing on TV or in front of a full cathedral and there's a bit of pressure there. I know it sounds funny but if you get used to doing it, then performing in front of people playing cricket is the same sort of thing.
I think a lot when I'm on my own - and much of it is about cricket.
You need to come to terms with the fact that you are not an international cricketer anymore and that's certainly difficult to come to terms with. But then I love going to my farm and spending time with my family. Drop and pick up my kids from school and play cricket as well.
Alex Hales has tightened up his game from South Africa and learned about Test cricket. It's great when you see someone who doesn't quite nail it, but goes away and works away at it, come back a person who understands more about Test cricket.
As cricketers we fail all the time. You score a hundred every now and again but you get out between nought and 20 far more often. If you get 50, you feel bad because you should have got a hundred. Even if you get a hundred, you feel you should have got 150. So you're always failing.
Sheep are never going to talk to you about cricket.
When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game.
The family farm plays such a big part in my life and I genuinely love going back there. In some ways I'd like to spend every day there, but there would be a big hole in my life if I didn't stay involved in cricket.
In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure.
Physically and mentally, it's quite hard. But I'm playing cricket for England. It's what I dream about doing.
All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful.
Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money.
As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire.
I always found one-day cricket a lot harder. I had to change my game.
When I'm away from cricket I switch off totally. Otherwise I would never be able to keep that same hunger.
You're always under pressure, that's what life is about. That is what playing international cricket or being a professional sportsman is.
