“I love living in London but I would like to buy a place in Dubai and spend a few months of the year out there.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“Once you have the support of the lads around you, you can’t ask for any more.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I love England and I love cricket.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“Everyone is into male grooming.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I hate these reality TV shows where people walk off Big Brother and think they’re A-list celebrities when they’ve done nothing in their lives, it really does my head in.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I think I had about a month off when I broke my rib in Australia, which was magnificent.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I change, like every single normal person.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I’m a very proud person.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“An achilles, if it doesn’t heal right, there could be a danger of not playing again.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“People do write books.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I’m always on my guard now.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“There’s so many differences of opinion in the papers.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I get along fine with the press.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I am very driven.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I can never sit still for five minutes.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“In the past I’ve thrown my wicket away on certain occasions.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I’m not a robot.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“The England team is a team that never, ever stops.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“A good four to six weeks is about right for a proper break.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I’m very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“The only way to get a three to four-month break would be to tear a tendon or a hamstring or something like that.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I’ve had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It’s the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“When I was single I went out a lot. I don’t go out all that often now.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“The hardest thing is that you can’t trust people now. You just can’t.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“It’s not fun facing a ball going 97 mph, trust me.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I never think of playing for South Africa. It’s the furthest thing from my mind.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I have never been racist.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“Big players want to play in front of big audiences.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I’m as hungry as ever.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I don’t feel sorry for myself.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I always say that things are meant to be and everything happens for a reason, so I don’t have any regrets.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that’s what will live with me for a long time.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I’d like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“India buzzes for its players and that makes you feel special.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“Look, I’ve heard a lot of people talk about me, they say I’m like Marmite. They like me, or they don’t like me.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I have no interest in anyone who wants to criticise me, or doesn’t like me despite never having met me.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“Leaving South Africa was very difficult.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“No one in their right mind would turn down the contracts I’ve been offered.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I need to rein myself in sometimes.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“It’s tough being me.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I am who I am, in terms of shooting from the hip occasionally.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I’ve realised I can be happy.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I married a pretty famous girl, and when we drive through town there’s usually a car following us, when I walk out of my front door in Chelsea there’s six guys waiting for me.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“I have some real big goals with England.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“It’s the weight of expectation that’s the hardest to deal with, really, from my point of view.”
― Kevin Pietersen
“It’s quite hard when you do fail and you don’t achieve what you want to achieve.”
― Kevin Pietersen
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