66 Quotes by John Buchanan

Revolutionaries - true revolutionaries - are aggressive, ruthless, and generally seize the main chance, as William Henry Drayton did when he saw that stump-speaking was getting him nowhere. But defenders of the status quo tend toward caution and legalisms and inaction until it is too late

We were in control in the first few days with our batting and that's how we wanted to stay, ... We had set ourselves up to try and have a range of options as the day wore on so that if bad weather did eventuate, we were still in control of what we wanted to do. We didn't get ourselves into that position.

(The program) covers the brain and spinal cord injuries, being safe at school, being safe around buses. It also talks about water safety, how you always check to see how deep it is before you dive in, and about weapons, such as guns and knives.

Whenever you look at a game I am always reminded of a Bill Lawry quote that you should always add two wickets on and then re-assess the game. If we were to do that then I would say that it's evenly poised on a pretty good batting wicket.

So it gives us some room for improvement which is always a nice place to be.

Shane Watson is one player that played that role briefly in a Test match and certainly in our one-day games, so he's obviously a young player of the future and one that the selectors would have in mind.

Shane spoke to us in South Africa, and then again in Bangladesh. There are a lot of considerations for him, mainly in terms of the longevity of his career. He needs to come to a conclusion. With the contract meetings coming up, I imagine it will be one of the topics for discussion.

One would obviously think that hasn't quite worked, so it might have to be a little bit more of a direct approach from me.

Obviously quite a deal hinges on where McGrath is at. He is coming along well. He will have a bowl in the nets tomorrow, and we will have a better idea of where we are going then.