It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide.

There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did, and you had to survive. That is hard.

I've learned that to survive, you need a positive state of mind.

"Life can be a hard schoolmaster, tough lessons don't come easy." ~ Tom Baker

Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.

To survive is to win.