I admired Stephen Fleming.

My relationship with my dad is everything.

I want to play 100 Test matches for England.

It is crucial to have an injury seen to quickly.

Normally I don't sleep much during a Test match.

Test match cricket is about individual brilliance.

Being in charge of a team is just like having kids.

I haven't stuck my head out to be captain of England.

Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.

Graeme Smith is capable of reading other people's heads.

I want to captain England in more Tests than anyone else.

Patriotism is something I wear in my heart not on my head.

Australia played some good cricket, but they have forgotten how to win.

Everyone should be decisive about what's best for them and stick to it.

I enjoy India whenever I go and Sri Lankans are overwhelmingly friendly.

The closer I got to Essex 2nds, the more technical I got with my batting.

There are lots of places I would love to go to in Europe and North America.

If you are not 100 per cent, Virender Sehwag or Chris Cairns will destroy you.

Above all, I want to captain England in more Test victories than anybody else.

Sometimes you don't realise what you've got, because it's right in front of you.

Being awarded the OBE was a great honour and something I had not been expecting.

People shouldn't underplay what the breaking up of a team does in every department.

I think Andrew Strauss never gets enough credit for what he's done for English cricket.

If you've got an opportunity to improve your squad before a World Cup you must take it.

Off the field I always thought Mark Taylor was exemplary in the way he handled himself.

I play hard and I play to win, and my team play for me because of the backing I show them.

They (Leeds United) used to be a bit like Arsenal, winning by one goal to nil or even less.

Nothing worse than walking out in a Test match and finding your hand slipping on the handle.

Every player needs to be aware of the levels of fitness needed to play international cricket.

If you try and cover all your bases, like the ECB tend to do, you end up with muddled decisions.

I think Kohli is magnificent in a run chase, I have to say. He has won so many matches for India.

With all my bats I like them to be bottom-heavy, so they help me to hold the line through the shot.

At the end of my career I always wanted to look back and know that I had given it my absolute best.

A captain has to be able to look a player in the eye before he starts his run-up or goes out to bat.

It's not easy bowling off-spin in one-day internationals with only five men allowed on the leg side.

With my bowling, I didn't know how I was doing it, so when it went wrong I didn't know how to fix it.

In every sport you need a break and England seem to be the only cricket country which doesn't get one.

If we are going to win games, we need 11 fit players. Sir Alex Ferguson does not pick half-fit players.

I feel, as a captain, that when you face a batsman who plays spin well you feel as if you are a fielder short.

Batsmen like Gary Kirsten, Boeta Dippenaar and Neil McKenzie have good techniques and can bat for long periods.

There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.

Learning how to win comes with switching the onus of pressure away from yourselves and then seizing your moment.

I am still disappointed when I have let myself down or my team. That will not change at any stage in the future.

When I see people like Pietersen bat, I wish that I'd freed up a bit as a batsman, but it's very easy to say now.

Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.

Bowling was my natural skill. I didn't know how I was doing it, but I was spinning it miles and bamboozling people.

In the longer term we have got to learn how to bowl on flat pitches if England are to head the ICC Championship table.

When you've done as much travelling as I have, it becomes hard work - I probably spend 90 per cent of the year travelling.

Pakistan is a very emotional, cricket-loving nation and what Pakistan need is a street-fighter-type in charge of the team.

Seems to me the rules are loaded against batsmen. If bowlers show dissent after a near miss they never seem to get punished.

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