All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The atmosphere and the first days of Test matches against Australia are incredible. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
It's quite nice to switch off and not see anything to do with cricket. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
I always found one-day cricket a lot harder. I had to change my game. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
If you play 100-odd Test matches, there's going to be little periods when you don't score runs, and I've always managed to… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The stats suggest that I'm not a dasher. It doesn't mean I can't play the shots, but when you find a method… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
It's surreal to think that no one has played as many Test matches for England. I suppose it's a credit to my… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The captaincy thing is brilliant, and I love it. But I didn't start off playing cricket to captain England. I wanted to… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don't think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
No disrespect to county cricket but when you're playing for England it is the ultimate, it is what has always driven me… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
Yes, there are absolutely moments when you're running out of ideas, and you do genuinely feel sorry for the bowlers when you… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
You need to come to terms with the fact that you are not an international cricketer anymore and that's certainly difficult to… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
You're either singing on TV or in front of a full cathedral and there's a bit of pressure there. I know it… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
You don't get to the top in professional sport without being hard and tough, but I do that in my way. I… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
As cricketers we fail all the time. You score a hundred every now and again but you get out between nought and… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
It's very hard to reflect properly when you're still playing but the hundreds one - when I got my 23rd in Kolkata… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
In one sense, what happens for me outside of cricket gives me that break - the farming means I have a really… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The one thing about professional sport is it's all about results, and at the end of the day, if someone is employing… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
I made my debut in 2006 and absolutely, there was the pressure of the cricket, but there was no social media. There… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
Physically and mentally, it's quite hard. But I'm playing cricket for England. It's what I dream about doing. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
When I'm away from cricket I switch off totally. Otherwise I would never be able to keep that same hunger. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
It is frustrating when you go all that way, you train, and you just don't turn up. It does happen. If you… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
You're always under pressure, that's what life is about. That is what playing international cricket or being a professional sportsman is. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
That is one of the great things about Test cricket, the ball. Sometimes it swings conventionally, sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The beauty of cricket is that there are so many different opinions as to the best way to do something and at… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
I think my general view of day-night Test cricket is that there is definitely something there that the ICC can keep looking… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The family farm plays such a big part in my life and I genuinely love going back there. In some ways I'd… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
You have to be very pragmatic, because you walk out to bat at the best time to bowl, with a brand new… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The biggest thing was probably a better understanding of the mental side of cricket and also the technical challenges I have in… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
Alex Hales has tightened up his game from South Africa and learned about Test cricket. It's great when you see someone who… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
That is one of the great things about Test cricket, the ball. Sometimes it swings conventionally, sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it reverses. — Alastair Cook Copy Share
No disrespect to county cricket but when you're playing for England it is the ultimate, it is what has always driven me to push… — Alastair Cook Copy Share
Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don't think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of it. — Alastair Cook Copy Share
When I was made captain, one of my things was that whatever happens in those four years, you don't want to make major changes… — Alastair Cook Copy Share
You're never as good as people say you are and you're never as bad as people say you are. You're always in the middle… — Alastair Cook Copy Share
I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it is to… — Alastair Cook Copy Share
Without sounding arrogant, I achieved a lot more than I thought I would do. — Alastair Cook Copy Share
I've got that ruthlessness inside me. All good captains have to be able to say things like that - with good man-management skills. — Alastair Cook Copy Share
As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire. — Alastair Cook Copy Share
Self-belief is certainly an issue you need to make sure you look after when you've lost heavily in two games. — Alastair Cook Copy Share
When someone says, 'How long do you see yourself captaining for?' you don't really know. — Alastair Cook Copy Share
Throughout my career I have done it my way and used my stubborn streak. I thought the best way to captain was to shut… — Alastair Cook Copy Share
