After the series is over, I will just sit back for a couple of weeks and relax. And then I might get bored and look for something to do.
Being twins made us more competitive because we were always being compared. People were asking who was the best. If one scored runs one week the other would try to match him next week.
But I think that's a bit unfair when people label you something when they really don't know you.
But I've learnt from others. That's what's great about touring, 15 different blokes with 15 different hobbies.
But Test cricket is generally all about good line and length. There's no magic formulas to winning.
Deep down you know yourself and the reality of the situation. As long as you're strong enough to overcome these obstacles you can handle it.
Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching.
I am 100% happy and confident that I made the right decision for the right reasons, so I am going to be positive and enjoy every match.
I can't remember any really technical coaching.
I didn't want to end up playing cricket for 25 years knowing only about cricket. It's an opportunity to learn something about the world.
I don't fit into stereotypes or do things the way they were done in the past.
I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.
I don't mind getting hit on the hands because it gets me fired up.
I enjoy writing, so I will do a bit of that. Commentating is an option. Coaching, I don't know.
I have always thought that it's great to play your first Test abroad and the last at home. I will be going out at my home ground. It couldn't have been better.
I haven't done things the same way or taken much advice from past players.
I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.
I knew from the beginning that it was my last series. I knew I had made the right decision. I am going to be positive about the rest of the series.
I like Rugby League the most, but I never played it.
I like to be aggressive and positive, and that's how I will play in the rest of the series.
I never encouraged high full tosses, because they're cowardly.
I think people genuinely want a good, close Ashes contest. I think it's great for the game. But I could still handle the close contests and we win five very close Test matches.
I went to Barry Knight's for a while but that was more confidence boosting.
I would like to stay in touch with cricket. There are teams like Kenya, who need help... who knows?
I'd be out the back with a cricket ball in a sock three or four hours on end just hitting through the roof. I loved it and thought this was all there was in the world.
I'd still like to score 300 in a Test match, love to win another World Cup final.
I'm a simple person and lead a simple life.
I've got five or six books on the go at the same time.
I've met a lot of people and learned lots of lessons, and failed to learn a few.
If it ends tomorrow, I've had a pretty good run.
If there's one thing I'm good at, I'm pretty perceptive. I can see things others might not see.
In my first 20 years in sport it was non-stop, all day, every day, three games of soccer on Saturdays, training four or five nights a week.
It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get.
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.
It's about what people bring to a side, the little things they say or don't say. Compassion is part of it, seeing things from other people's perspective rather than your own all the time.
It's always hard when you fail in the first innings. The pressure then builds up.
It's just the way I am, I like to do things my way.
Maybe I should have spent more time at the bar with other cricketers, but I've never worried too much about that.
Money does not motivate me as long as I can provide for my children.
No matter how many matches you have played, no matter who you are or how good you are, you always feel the pressure if you haven't made runs in your last Test.
People expect you to win and score runs all the time, and you have your family life and other interests so you learn to toughen up.
People say I want to average 50 but I've never thought about that. Figures can bog you down.
Sometimes you have to bluff your way through, there's no doubt about that. You don't feel a million dollars every day.
That's why you're a leader. People are supposed to gravitate to you, that's why you were picked for the job.
The way I play my cricket is intense - that's the way people think you are off the field, but I think if you asked any of my mates what I'm like it'd be a lot different to what you see out there.
There has been a lot of conjecture about when I was going to retire, whether my form was good enough. From that point of view it was right that I made the decision and announced it.
This series is about Australia and India, it's not about me.
We had swing bowlers, the bowlers who bowl good line and length, bowl in the corridor, and the conditions were good for swing bowling. Another day, in other conditions, we might see us bowling differently.
We were just naturals and played the game by our instincts. We were very aggressive, trying to score off every ball. We just went out there and played. Couldn't get enough of it.
We've had some fantastic times in the Australian team, and some great memories.
When I started touring I was like everyone else; hotel, a few beers in the bar, a simple life. Mike Whitney encouraged me to go out and have a look.
You've got to have dreams to keep you going.
Your strategy revolves around the bowlers you've got.
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