“One of the nicest things about receiving the accolade of Australia is ...” — Lindsay Fox Quote

One of the nicest things about receiving the accolade of Australia is that, previously, the knighthood was historically for what was termed 'the establishment.' Now, this is an accolade for somebody who comes from a working-class background. Someone whose father was a truck driver and decided to buy a truck.

I'd rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I'll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine.

Initially, I used to cart coke from the West Melbourne Gasworks -12 tonne a day, 150-pound sacks. I'd come home looking like Al Jolson at the end of the day - white teeth, black face... A good hard day's work.

I don't think there's any real motivation for somebody to be a truck driver. Mine was simple; dad was a truck driver, I wanted to own one.

Anyone would be naive to think people were not aware with what was going on about ball maintenance. I dont think Cricket Australia wanted to go there. They did not want to go any deeper than that superficial example of ball-tampering.

Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia.

I had always been fascinated by the whole idea that Australia was this different ecology and that when rabbits and prickly pears and other things from Europe were introduced into Australia, they ran amok.

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.