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I do not usually follow a rigid fitness regimen, and most of it depends upon what goals I have in my mind.
You don't want to end up with a huge tally of runs after eight games but with your team out of contention.
Things happen on the field. It has happened between me and other players, but we always left it out there.
There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes
If anyone ever accuses me of bias - on Twitter, say - they're blocked straight away. It simply isn't true.
A disciplined, patient, defensive period in a Test match is not old fashioned and boring - it's essential.
I always say that things are meant to be and everything happens for a reason, so I don't have any regrets.
I always know in advance what I've got coming up. Preparation's important to me - it helps my performance.
I've never been able to comprehend why people are interested in my personal life, cause I'm not like that.
The people who know me know I'm extremely private or try and be as private as I can with my personal life.
You don't win or lose the games bcoz of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field.
At the moment, we don't deserve international cricket in our country. The security situation is poor here.
I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.
Before coming here I had a minor back problem and I thought whenever I play Pakistan I get a back problem.
I never had a coach teach me, my style of batting, nor do I believe in coaching at an international level.
I have never run after the captaincy in my entire career. It is something for the cricket board to decide.
Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't.
I always felt I was good enough to be competing and I wanted to express myself in the best way that I can.
But London is my favourite city as I've walked the streets of the capital so often, I know it really well.
Captaincy is a confidence game. When the team is winning and your decisions go well that breeds confidence.
After time away it always makes you realise how special it is to play for England and what an honour it is.
Records must not be the focus and that's the most important thing. It mustn't come at the cost of the team.
Irrespective of whether Anil Kumble is the coach or Ravi Shastri, what's more important is that India wins.
There is no point in winning contests if you can't leave mental scars on the minds of the opposition teams.
Pakistan is the sort of place every man should send his mother-in-law, for a month, with all expenses paid.
There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.
My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time.
I think whoever wins the World Cup deserves the right to be named the number one-one day team in the world.
Opening for the first time in Test cricket, I scored 128 against the likes of Sarfraz Nawaz and Imran Khan.
He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.
My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
My main strength is my bowling, but where I bat, I can also contribute for the team, and that is important.
The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.
Each investigation team has a lawyer attached to it and there was a lawyer attached to me and my assistant.
The game minus slow bowling is like bread without butter or, even worse, French cuisine without the sauces.
I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.
I am the superstitious kind: I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out.
When I'm fielding at point, I'm running all over that field, and I'm really tired by the end of the innings.
Just because you're made England captain, it doesn't mean that you suddenly know everything about captaincy.
Don't worry too much on pathways programs: good players find a way to get through to play for their country.
It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
I have never played cricket for selfish reasons like scoring 800-900 runs on flat tracks to make a comeback.
It would be wrong to plan too much ahead of a match. You've got to go with the flow, go with your instincts.
As much as you learn to handle failure, you must learn to handle success too, because that's also important.
I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
During my school days, I was doing a play, and my costume fell on the stage. I really wish it didn't happen.
If you don't learn, especially if you are not playing well, then you are not going to move forward as a team.
When you step out of the team environment you think, 'Wow, I'm England captain and we've just won the Ashes.'
Physically and mentally, it's quite hard. But I'm playing cricket for England. It's what I dream about doing.