--- title: "9 Captain Quotes By Andrew Strauss" description: "9 Captain quotes by Andrew Strauss. Plus more from Andrew Strauss and more Captain sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/andrew-strauss-8227_always_i-can-understand-the-argument-that-the-c_1900965.jpg" --- > [I can understand the argument that the captain should always be there to lead from the front.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-can-understand-the-argument-that-the-captain-should-always-be-there/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/andrew-strauss-8227_always_i-can-understand-the-argument-that-the-c_1900965.jpg) > [This perception that a good captain is someone who beats his chest and roars like a lion and gives big Churchillian speeches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/this-perception-that-a-good-captain-is-someone-who-beats-his-chest/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/andrew-strauss-8227_big_this-perception-that-a-good-captain-is-s_1254162.jpg) > [I still have ambition to captain England into the 2011 World Cup. I'm very keen to do that job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-still-have-ambition-to-captain-england-into-the-2011-world-cup-i-m/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/andrew-strauss-8227_ambition_i-still-have-ambition-to-captain-england_839800.jpg) > [I had to stop being a student idiot and become more sensible and organised and that definitely improved my batting. I also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-had-to-stop-being-a-student-idiot-and-become-more-sensible-and/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b9/andrew-strauss-8227_captain_i-had-to-stop-being-a-student-idiot-and_1659614.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-ve-definitely-grown-into-the-job-after-that-difficult-first-test/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/andrew-strauss-8227_captain_i-ve-definitely-grown-into-the-job-after_16252.jpg) > [Winston Churchill inspired my leadership philosophy. I've read a huge number of his writings, especially his diaries from the Second World War.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/winston-churchill-inspired-my-leadership-philosophy-i-ve-read-a-huge/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/andrew-strauss-8227_captain_winston-churchill-inspired-my-leadership_2962325.jpg) > [The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach, as it always has been. It's the right way to go.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/the-execution-of-strategy-is-over-to-the-captain-and-coach-as-it/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/andrew-strauss-8227_captain_the-execution-of-strategy-is-over-to-the_1405241.jpg) > [I think there will be one overarching coach for Tests and one-day cricket. I think you need one person in control and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-think-there-will-be-one-overarching-coach-for-tests-and-one-day/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/andrew-strauss-8227_captain_i-think-there-will-be-one-overarching-co_31297.jpg) > [I was forced to learn a lot about psychology as a player, and as a captain to get the best out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-was-forced-to-learn-a-lot-about-psychology-as-a-player-and-as-a/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/andrew-strauss-8227_best_i-was-forced-to-learn-a-lot-about-psycho_1000288.jpg) ## Other authors on Captain ## More by Andrew Strauss > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-ve-definitely-grown-into-the-job-after-that-difficult-first-test/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-think-there-will-be-one-overarching-coach-for-tests-and-one-day/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-have-to-accept-that-my-role-is-to-gather-the-runs-slowly-kevin/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [Cricket is 90-95 per cent mental. To score runs, you've got to feel good about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/cricket-is-90-95-per-cent-mental-to-score-runs-you-ve-got-to-feel/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [“I may be surprised. But I don't think I will be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-may-be-surprised-but-i-don-t-think-i-will-be/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/in-the-cricket-world-with-a-lot-of-little-issues-that-people-are/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/when-i-arrived-at-middlesex-i-was-the-only-guy-who-d-been-to-public/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [But there are definitely times when I just need to write to clarify my thoughts and put any doubts to bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/but-there-are-definitely-times-when-i-just-need-to-write-to-clarify/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/no-one-has-ever-doubted-kevin-pietersen-s-abilities-as-a-player-he/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [The way you speak to a team is very important - both before a Test and during the game itself. If you try and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/the-way-you-speak-to-a-team-is-very-important-both-before-a-test-and/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [T20 has become a longer and longer format of the game. It is more than four hours in a lot of parts of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/t20-has-become-a-longer-and-longer-format-of-the-game-it-is-more-than/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [That's what sport can do to you: it gives you a lot of heartache and pain, and sometimes the ultimate rewards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/that-s-what-sport-can-do-to-you-it-gives-you-a-lot-of-heartache-and/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [We have to find a way to get the two forms of the game co-existing - and that involves administrators sitting down and banging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/we-have-to-find-a-way-to-get-the-two-forms-of-the-game-co-existing/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [We are going to try and turn Lord's red for the day as a testament to my wife Ruth, but more importantly as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/we-are-going-to-try-and-turn-lord-s-red-for-the-day-as-a-testament-to/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) > [“Glenn McGrath had a reasonable career in Australia.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/glenn-mcgrath-had-a-reasonable-career-in-australia/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/captain/andrew-strauss/#itemlist", "name": "9 Captain Quotes By Andrew Strauss", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can understand the argument that the captain should always be there to lead from the front.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew Strauss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-can-understand-the-argument-that-the-captain-should-always-be-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/andrew-strauss-8227_always_i-can-understand-the-argument-that-the-c_1900965.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/andrew-strauss-8227_always_i-can-understand-the-argument-that-the-c_1900965.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/andrew-strauss-8227_always_i-can-understand-the-argument-that-the-c_1900965.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can understand the argument that the captain should always be there to lead from the front.” — Andrew Strauss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This perception that a good captain is someone who beats his chest and roars like a lion and gives big Churchillian speeches, that's just not what leadership is about for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew Strauss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/this-perception-that-a-good-captain-is-someone-who-beats-his-chest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/andrew-strauss-8227_big_this-perception-that-a-good-captain-is-s_1254162.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/andrew-strauss-8227_big_this-perception-that-a-good-captain-is-s_1254162.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/andrew-strauss-8227_big_this-perception-that-a-good-captain-is-s_1254162.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This perception that a good captain is someone who beats his chest and roars like a lion and gives big…” — Andrew Strauss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still have ambition to captain England into the 2011 World Cup. 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