Kevin Pietersen's Quotes

I love England and I love cricket.

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

It's the weight of expectation that's the hardest to deal with, really, from my point of view.

A good four to six weeks is about right for a proper break.

An achilles, if it doesn't heal right, there could be a danger of not playing again.

Big players want to play in front of big audiences.

During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.

Everyone is into male grooming.

I always say that things are meant to be and everything happens for a reason, so I don't have any regrets.

I am very driven.

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.

I am who I am, in terms of shooting from the hip occasionally.

I can never sit still for five minutes.

I change, like every single normal person.

I don't feel sorry for myself.

I get along fine with the press.

I have never been racist.

I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.

I have some real big goals with England.

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.

I need to rein myself in sometimes.

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

I think I had about a month off when I broke my rib in Australia, which was magnificent.

I'm a very proud person.

They killed our mirror, our light, our comfort and our true guide.

As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something.

Every five years, I decide to learn something new.

I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine.

I'm always interested in finding the new trend. If you love pizza every day, after 22 years of eating pizza, you want to try sushi.

If I take pictures at a party, I never get bored.

Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige.

When you take a picture of someone, never show it to them right away. If they don't like it, they may erase it.

A lot of these girls have a goal in life to find a rich guy. I can smell it from a mile away. They won't catch me! I know what they look like. They come with their little Kelly bag and their Rolex and the Louboutin shoes that are slightly too sexy. Shove off! Do you think I'm going to be the next sucker here?

Before I started LimoLand, I mainly bought my clothes in Harlem, where I found clothing my size in fun colors. I still like to go there and see the vibrancy and colors of the neighborhood. I am also very influenced by the colors of my contemporary African and Japanese art collections.

For me to be pompous is the most horrible thing in the world. It's like putting a wall around you. It screws you up. You'd better be willing to change your views or adapt and be modern.

I don't like dirty. That's why I hate cigarettes. A little bit of alcohol is O.K., but no drugs. And I like to sleep alone because I wake up, I walk around, I bring my computer with me to bed, I have a great time.

I feel when you walk into somebody's apartment on Fifth Avenue or house in Malibu and you see a Basquiat, a Warhol, a Richard Prince, you say to yourself, '$700,000, $2.2 million, $350,000...' To me that is completely uninteresting. I'd rather go to a house where there's great art and I have no idea who the work is by.

I have very long legs and I hate driving anything unless it's a boat or an ATV in the jungle. I like to sit in the back of a car, where I can look out the window, answer my emails on my iPad, or hold hands with a pretty girl.

I like what I see now in China, but I think the Japanese are a step ahead into craziness and weirdness. I go to galleries there that are the size of a New York elevator, and every time I'm surprised by the amazing things I find. I really hope I'll be able to promote some of these artists, to show their work in the West.

I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a self assured man could wear any color and he knows that. It's a distinction of confidence.

I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum.

If I had done what I was programmed to do, I would now be sitting in a car factory looking at the sizes of wheels, or wondering how to get credit to start a new factory in Russia.

In the last 20 years of collecting contemporary African art, I have been bombarded by incredible shapes and colors that I now want to translate into clothes.

It would be much easier to just make black, brown and beige clothes. But I do not see the world in black and white and beige. I find colors incredibly important.

Obviously if you are an accountant, a criminal lawyer, a president, or a senator, or if you work in a funeral parlor, you have to wear a tie, but more and more people are wearing very casual clothes.