Has been very candid in interviews that despite his enumerous achievements, his statistics fade in comparison to his illustrious rivals Imran Khan, Sir Richard Hadlee and Sir Ian Botham, stating that Hadlee and Khan in their prime could claim greatness based on their bowling alone while Botham was the only one amongst them who consistently won matches with both bat and ball at the same instance. However, he also modestly stated that he was by and large the best athlete amongst the quartet as proven by the fact that he never missed a single test or ODI due to injury, unlike Khan or Botham and never took time off due to stress unlike Hadlee.
