The one thing about professional sport is it's all about results, and at the end of the day, if someone is employing you and you're not scoring runs or you're not taking wickets, they ain't going to carry on doing… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Without sounding arrogant, I achieved a lot more than I thought I would do. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
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 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 you retire. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
You just Sanisa in the death overs. He is simply the best in the world. — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
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 Image
