“I think if you're writing about cricket, you're obviously writing abou...” — Joseph O'Neill Quote

“I think if you're writing about cricket, you're obviously writing about power, because cricket is such a loaded sport, much more so than soccer.”

“Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.”

“It used to be the case that for an Irishman to come to the U.S. involved a perilous journey on a ship. It involved singing lots of songs before you left saying goodbye, and once you were in the U.S., it involved singing lots of songs about how you were never going to set foot in Ireland again.”

“I respect Test cricket a lot. Once I got into the Test team, I learnt so much about international cricket and realised it's not so different.”

“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.”

“I love Messi. I also derive inspiration from the god of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar.”