Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Peter Pietersen MBEis an English professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who currently plays for Surrey, as well as Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League and Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League . He has also been signed by the Rising Pune Supergiants for the 2016 season of the Indian Premier League...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth27 June 1980
CityPietermaritzburg, South Africa
sorry idaho opportunity-knocks
I don't feel sorry for myself.
morning team party
I am not bound by material things. It's being successful that drives me forward. I love success. I don't wake up in the morning thinking 'Great - I've got one million pounds in the bank'. I wake up happy because I am a successful part of a successful team. It's that success that brings all the media coverage, the first-night parties, the endorsements. I will never lose sight of that. It has come very quickly - sooner than even I expected. But it's great to know that if I continue in the same vein, then I can do exactly what I want with the rest of my life. I will be financially secure.
kids calm calm-down
I've had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It's the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.
regret everything-happens-for-a-reason things-are-meant-to-be
I always say that things are meant to be and everything happens for a reason, so I don't have any regrets.
minutes stills i-can
I can never sit still for five minutes.
boundary brad caught
But I just don't see how it is an important matter. When I was caught on the boundary at Old Trafford it was by Brad Hodge, who was on as a substitute.
hard
It's quite hard when you do fail and you don't achieve what you want to achieve.
award bad best both couple dropped fantastic great innings lucky maybe player respect six summer win
It's fantastic for me and great to get this award on the day we win the Ashes, but respect to every player from both sides. I dropped six catches this summer so maybe it's not a bad thing I got lucky a couple of times today. That is the best innings I will ever play.
hardly laugh proper speak
It was only stares and swearwords really, nothing serious. I just laugh about it because they can hardly speak proper English.
confidence factor
It's the confidence factor you need to take into the sub-continent and I have that.
dropped given six
I've dropped six catches and nobody's given me a beer.
Once you have the support of the lads around you, you can't ask for any more.
allowed teams
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.
people
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.