"Nothing ever goes as you expect. Expect nothing, and you will not be surprised. Expect nothing. Hope for nothing. Nothing."

"We hope that Wisden is a constant, helping the reader to make sense of it all and providing a little contemplative calm."

"How can I, who was not able to retain my own past, hope to save that of another?"

"On 9/11, those of us who do the jobs that I do, flew without a net for hour and hour and hour after end. And then you hope and pray that you've had the experience to be up to it. Because then you're e…"

"I may be called upon to address the company. No one will listen, of course, which is just as well, since I have nothing to say."