“Every game against Australia matters.” — Joe Root Quote

“Every game against Australia matters.”

“Every now and then you might have to change things around. It's not something that is good to do a lot - especially with your batting - but every now and then, I don't think it's a bad thing.”

“We have to be prepared to play some attritional cricket at times.”

“I'd like to set a story in Australia, but I would need to feel confident my German and U.S. readers, for example, would stay with me.”

“To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist - optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about the ability of government to make a difference.”

“One day we were sitting in our little classroom in the middle of Australia Zoo, and Dad bursts in and says, 'OK, today we're going to go climb a mountain,' - the Glass House Mountains are about 20 minutes away - so we packed up all our math work and ran out the door and climbed Mount Tibrogargan.”