Sometimes, there's a fine line between bravery and utter stupidity. The day I decided to climb into a boxing ring for a professional fight was probably on the side of stupidity.
Andrew Flintoff
You can do pretty much anything you want in Dubai. In terms of getting around, everywhere's within half an hour in the car.
I'm a bit old school with my aftershave - I still wear Joop.
Cricket was deemed too posh where I came from, and I'd never have risked walking home through the estates in my whites. My club played some of the posh schools. I'd have the cheapest kit, but I loved those games. As soon as the posh lads opened their mouths and you heard their accents, the stakes were raised.
In boxing, Mike Tyson fascinates me. The attitude and confidence that he could not be beaten when he was heavyweight champion of the world was interesting. He came across as very mild-mannered, and much of what he said made sense.
Maybe it's the sportsman in me, but if it is going to be television, I want to be the best I can be.
There have always been two people jostling for control of my life, two totally opposite characters. The first one is super-confident, bulletproof, a showman, and an extrovert. He tries to make people laugh, messes about, gets into trouble, shrugs it off. The other character is withdrawn and reflective.
If you're in a helicopter, and you hover, why does the Earth not come to you if it's round?
I was great mates with Muttiah Muralitharan, dating back to the days when we both played together at Lancashire.
I don't play for money. I'm not sure I even can play just for money. Money is great; I can't lie about that.
I made a series for ITV, just after I retired from Tests in 2009, called 'Flintoff Versus the World.' The idea was that I would attempt a series of extreme sports - rodeo riding, jumping out of aeroplanes, paragliding, cliff diving. I thought, 'Yeah, it looks fun. It's six weeks having a laugh.'
Now, I am not saying that the world is flat, but it could be.
Throughout my career, in cricket and beyond, I've been incredibly lucky with my marriage. I met Rachael in 2002, and that was the year my England career kicked on. Everything started to click.
Old Trafford - as a cricket ground, I love playing there. It's a second home for me; I've been going there since I was young. It just feels right there.
I like being out on the cricket field and performing and playing in front of a crowd. I find it quite tricky when there are press photographers outside my house. It's all very bizarre.
One of the reasons why you want to play cricket is to play in front of big crowds, and in India, it is the perfect place to do that. The atmosphere here is like no other place in the world. Having experienced it once, you want to keep coming back.
I was a professional cricketer for 16 years.
I want to be the world's number one one-day player; I want to win a World Cup, win the championship with Lancashire - those are my motivations.
I have been called a man of many talents, but I like to keep a few of those talents hidden.
I have a Harley and a Bourget, which I enjoy taking into the countryside.
It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be called in the dressing room.
Why, if we're hurtling through space, why would water stay still? Why is it not wobbling?
My father, Colin, and my brother, Chris, who is four years older than me, were a great help to me when I was younger.
I've been offered all the usual, 'Strictly Come Dancing' and the like, but the one thing I know is that for me to be good, I've got to absolutely love doing something. And you can't dance the foxtrot half-hearted.
I wish I'd walked out of 'The Tourist' with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. I said to the missus after two minutes, 'He's her husband.' An hour and a half's worth of nonsense later, the big twist at the end is... he's her husband.
I can remember all the bad games and rubbish shots I've played far more than all my successes. Luckily, as I've got older, I've got better at dealing with that. What's the point of regrets? They don't change anything.
I can easily go up to 19 stone or so if I'm not careful.
I'm not that good at cards.
I am not a big fan of hockey.
If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I don't want to be dominated by them. Hopefully people enjoy the way I play.
I would like to be as successful as Ian Botham was, but if I'm doing anything, I'm doing it as myself.
When I was younger, I played football and table tennis for local teams. I also played mini-rugby at primary school - I was tall for my age - and Preston Grasshoppers wanted me, but I wasn't that interested in rugby. It was always going to be cricket for me.
I was just 17 when I made my debut for Lancashire against Hampshire at Portsmouth. I got seven and a duck. I didn't get a wicket, either. Funnily enough, it was more nerve-wracking than playing for England.
I like spending time away with the family.
I like going down the pub with my mates and horse racing. I don't do anything that exciting.
I don't live a rock n' roll lifestyle.
I had time with my family, which was great, but I am a cricketer, and once that was taken away from me, it was as though part of me wasn't there.
I am actually learning to enjoy bowling, and I never thought I'd say that. I didn't enjoy it in the past because it hurt. It hurt my back or my ankle.
I took my wife to a really expensive hotel in Dubai. This was when we were first dating, so I wanted to impress her. I had scallops, and after that, I went to the bathroom to be sick. I realised I had just paid £300 or £400 on scallops just to throw it up. My wife and I then talked about it; I knew I had a problem.
I've got quite a lot of energy in me and a lot of pent-up aggression. I'm like a dog. I need walking.
I've been to a lot of places to play cricket, but cricket and training get in the way! In India, all you see is the hotel and the cricket ground.
North of England, you're brought up on fish and chips. Friday or Saturdays every week, it was a treat.
I love Britain, but I've only been to the obvious places.
I always wanted to captain the teams I played in.
Playing for England was always something I dreamt of and, of course, you then think of the captaincy. It was something I never thought I would be offered, especially after the way I started my career. But when it came along, I was very keen to have a go.
The Ashes have been hard, but you take the accolades when they come along.
It is one thing being scrutinised for playing a bad shot as a batsman or bowling a bad spell as a bowler, but the captaincy adds an extra dimension. The criticism is slightly harder to take.
Big things, a real crisis, I think I'm pretty good, but this little thing will just wallop me. I think I'm managing depression better now: when the mood comes, I just try and sit it out.
My school was pretty tough, and I played football there so I would be accepted, to save myself a kicking.
I'll be fine, and suddenly I'll feel the depression coming on. It can start with the smallest thing.
