I'm gradually getting rid of all the things I don't need.
— Andrew Flintoff
It was two different worlds: my world - cricket, the dressing room and the lads. And then family. Even when they travelled with me, it wasn't always easy to bridge the gap.
We always gave one-day cricket respect as players, definitely.
Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.
India - I've always felt at home there. Delhi and Mumbai and the Taj Mahal are all incredible - but it's the people I love. Indians are so interesting and accommodating and friendly. The best hotel I've stayed at there is the Rambagh Palace in Jaipur: its architecture is unbelievable.
Cricket was deemed too posh where I came from, and I'd never have risked walking home through the estates in my whites. My club played some of the posh schools. I'd have the cheapest kit, but I loved those games. As soon as the posh lads opened their mouths and you heard their accents, the stakes were raised.
It is one thing being scrutinised for playing a bad shot as a batsman or bowling a bad spell as a bowler, but the captaincy adds an extra dimension. The criticism is slightly harder to take.
I always wanted to captain the teams I played in.
I've been to a lot of places to play cricket, but cricket and training get in the way! In India, all you see is the hotel and the cricket ground.
Maybe it's the sportsman in me, but if it is going to be television, I want to be the best I can be.
One of the reasons why you want to play cricket is to play in front of big crowds, and in India, it is the perfect place to do that. The atmosphere here is like no other place in the world. Having experienced it once, you want to keep coming back.
I like being out on the cricket field and performing and playing in front of a crowd. I find it quite tricky when there are press photographers outside my house. It's all very bizarre.
I like spending time away with the family.
In boxing, Mike Tyson fascinates me. The attitude and confidence that he could not be beaten when he was heavyweight champion of the world was interesting. He came across as very mild-mannered, and much of what he said made sense.
If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I don't want to be dominated by them. Hopefully people enjoy the way I play.
I'm not that good at cards.
Why, if we're hurtling through space, why would water stay still? Why is it not wobbling?
I've tired of looking into the future, imagining all the things I want to have.
Looking back, I feel for the missus. She used to get the worst of me.
I enjoy playing Test cricket, especially against India in India.
I flew to Los Angeles to interview Vinnie Jones and Piers Morgan for the BBC and spent 11 hours in economy on BA, and the leg room was fine. In business class, Virgin, BA, and Emirates are good. I've flown business class on Kingfisher, which has proper couches.
I take the same Timberland holdall wherever I go, stuffed with all my gear. Or a Louis Vuitton weekender my wife bought me. I'd never have a bag that you wheel; they get in the way.
My school was pretty tough, and I played football there so I would be accepted, to save myself a kicking.
The Ashes have been hard, but you take the accolades when they come along.
I love Britain, but I've only been to the obvious places.
I've been offered all the usual, 'Strictly Come Dancing' and the like, but the one thing I know is that for me to be good, I've got to absolutely love doing something. And you can't dance the foxtrot half-hearted.
I've got quite a lot of energy in me and a lot of pent-up aggression. I'm like a dog. I need walking.
I am actually learning to enjoy bowling, and I never thought I'd say that. I didn't enjoy it in the past because it hurt. It hurt my back or my ankle.
I don't live a rock n' roll lifestyle.
My father, Colin, and my brother, Chris, who is four years older than me, were a great help to me when I was younger.
When I was younger, I played football and table tennis for local teams. I also played mini-rugby at primary school - I was tall for my age - and Preston Grasshoppers wanted me, but I wasn't that interested in rugby. It was always going to be cricket for me.
I am not a big fan of hockey.
I can easily go up to 19 stone or so if I'm not careful.
Now, I am not saying that the world is flat, but it could be.
Looking at my family today, I think, 'I could not have done any better.' That's one thing I have got right.
Throughout my career, in cricket and beyond, I've been incredibly lucky with my marriage. I met Rachael in 2002, and that was the year my England career kicked on. Everything started to click.
I've had a go at captaincy. Batting and bowling and captaincy turned out to be a bit too much.
I have a Harley and a Bourget, which I enjoy taking into the countryside.
I'll be fine, and suddenly I'll feel the depression coming on. It can start with the smallest thing.
Big things, a real crisis, I think I'm pretty good, but this little thing will just wallop me. I think I'm managing depression better now: when the mood comes, I just try and sit it out.
Playing for England was always something I dreamt of and, of course, you then think of the captaincy. It was something I never thought I would be offered, especially after the way I started my career. But when it came along, I was very keen to have a go.
North of England, you're brought up on fish and chips. Friday or Saturdays every week, it was a treat.
I was a professional cricketer for 16 years.
I took my wife to a really expensive hotel in Dubai. This was when we were first dating, so I wanted to impress her. I had scallops, and after that, I went to the bathroom to be sick. I realised I had just paid £300 or £400 on scallops just to throw it up. My wife and I then talked about it; I knew I had a problem.
I had time with my family, which was great, but I am a cricketer, and once that was taken away from me, it was as though part of me wasn't there.
I like going down the pub with my mates and horse racing. I don't do anything that exciting.
I was just 17 when I made my debut for Lancashire against Hampshire at Portsmouth. I got seven and a duck. I didn't get a wicket, either. Funnily enough, it was more nerve-wracking than playing for England.
I would like to be as successful as Ian Botham was, but if I'm doing anything, I'm doing it as myself.
Old Trafford - as a cricket ground, I love playing there. It's a second home for me; I've been going there since I was young. It just feels right there.
If you're in a helicopter, and you hover, why does the Earth not come to you if it's round?
