This perception that a good captain is someone who beats his chest and roars like a lion and gives big Churchillian speeches,… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I can understand the argument that the captain should always be there to lead from the front. — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I still have ambition to captain England into the 2011 World Cup. I'm very keen to do that job. — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I had to stop being a student idiot and become more sensible and organised and that definitely improved my batting. I also… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I've definitely grown into the job after that difficult first Test against Pakistan. I'd been captain for the Sri Lanka one-dayers, which… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach, as it always has been. It's the right way to go.… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I was forced to learn a lot about psychology as a player, and as a captain to get the best out of… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I think there will be one overarching coach for Tests and one-day cricket. I think you need one person in control and… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
Winston Churchill inspired my leadership philosophy. I've read a huge number of his writings, especially his diaries from the Second World War.… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I've definitely grown into the job after that difficult first Test against Pakistan. I'd been captain for the Sri Lanka one-dayers, which hadn't gone… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I think there will be one overarching coach for Tests and one-day cricket. I think you need one person in control and in charge… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I have to accept that my role is to gather the runs slowly. Kevin Pietersen is flamboyant, but that style doesn't work for me. — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
Cricket is 90-95 per cent mental. To score runs, you've got to feel good about yourself. — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
In the cricket world, with a lot of little issues that people are getting in a tizz around, I'm just like: Don't worry about… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
When I arrived at Middlesex I was the only guy who'd been to public school and I got plenty of stick. But it wasn't… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
But there are definitely times when I just need to write to clarify my thoughts and put any doubts to bed. — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
No one has ever doubted Kevin Pietersen's abilities as a player, he has been a phenomenal player for England for a long period of… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
The way you speak to a team is very important - both before a Test and during the game itself. If you try and… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
T20 has become a longer and longer format of the game. It is more than four hours in a lot of parts of the… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
That's what sport can do to you: it gives you a lot of heartache and pain, and sometimes the ultimate rewards. — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
