Pithy remarks and quotable quotes. Wordsworth takes the best statements of the week and packages them into one exciting feature. From quotes that help you delve further into the psyche of players to acerbic barbs from incensed cricketers to remarks that are just downright hilarious, we have them all. They may not quite be "from the mouths of babes and sucklings," but they are just as interesting.

August 5th week

"Statistically, I have passed Don Bradman, but I can't be compared with him. He's not a normal person. You can only dream of scoring a hundred every three innings," Sachin Tendulkar after his 30th Test hundred

"For all Bradman's achievements, Tendulkar is the closest thing to batting perfection I've seen - in terms of technique and temperament," Sunil Gavaskar

"He's a tough individual... Nasser seems to play his best knocks when it gets difficult, while Alec, at 39, plays like a 33-year- old and keeps on working on his game," Duncan Fletcher at the end of the fourth day's play at Headingley

"Rahul Dravid got one of the best Test hundreds I've seen. He was rapped on the gloves plenty of times but his application was exemplary," Nasser Hussain

"We didn't really learn the lessons from (the second Test at) Trent Bridge where the conditions were similar. Our bowlers just have to make the batters play - you can't afford to let batsmen leave so many deliveries," Duncan Fletcher after the first day at Headingley

"I know how close he is to his children. He loves them dearly and he wants to solve the problem in the best possible way and in the quickest possible way." Alec Stewart on Graham Thorpe

"He has got the Arjuna award by God's grace. We did not expect anything like this so soon after the recent Wisden's Best Innings of the Century award," V Satyabhama, mother of VVS Laxman