Rahul Dravid Quotes

Actually I started out as a fast bowler but people told me that I was chucking the ball, so i changed to spin.

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.

In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.

As a fast bowler if you're not going to bowl well on a Perth wicket you're going to struggle in Australia.

I have always been an attacking bowler, but I am trying my best to learn every day.

In the longer term we have got to learn how to bowl on flat pitches if England are to head the ICC Championship table.

I would love to bowl 160 km/h. Any fast bowler would love to do that. But for me that is almost impossible.

Fast bowling is not an easy job. Especially if you are also a batsman as well as being a fast bowler, a fast bowler has to work harder than any other cricketer on his fitness.

It was my wish to play in the challenging conditions in Australia. I love the bounce there.

I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.

If you are playing in the right conditions, there is always motivation to bowl fast. If you are playing in the wrong condition then you want to be a batsman.

The one thing you can't do is get carried away with that pace and bounce. There's a temptation to charge in and just slam the ball into the pitch and you can end up bowling too short. You still have to bowl the right length so that you threaten to take wickets.

I'm expecting big things from our bowlers, from Peter Siddle, who plays the enforcer role, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee when he gets fit again. In batting, there's Phil Hughes, whose already done well for Australia and scored hundreds for Middlesex.

Runs are important, don't get me wrong, but it will be wickets that I will be judged on.

I rely on swing to get wickets, and I continue to do it that way. I have never tried to copy others.

A lot of the emphasis on international bowlers is on their pace and Australia coach Darren Lehmann is a big fan of bowlers who can bowl 90mph-plus.

A good wrist spinner is a good wrist spinner against any opposition.

I might be six foot six but that doesn't mean I can play a Steve Harmison role and bounce people out.

Playing with Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn, I am a very lucky guy. Not many people are going to attack those two, which means the batsmen will attack me. And if they attack me, there is always a chance I can get a wicket.

I don't bowl to hit people; I bowl to get wickets.

On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.

You see teams buy a lot of batsmen for a lot of money because they are good batsmen. But you also need good bowlers to get them out or contain the runs.

I love that feeling of being in a battle with the new ball, you're getting an opening batsman out while they are desperate to survive.