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
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
I don't think you have to be this macho man all the time, just because you play sport. — 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
I think I might have a glass of champagne, if there is any in Nagpur, and just enjoy the moment. — 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
When you give up something as big as playing for England there are going to be moments when you miss 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
My girlfriend comes from a farming background and I spend a lot of time at her farm doing farming stuff. When you're… — 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
You're there to score runs. If you don't do that over a period of time, people will look elsewhere. That hasn't changed… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
The England captaincy job, after 50-odd games, has found out what kind of leader I am in terms of a person. It's… — Alastair Cook Copy Share Image
I have achieved more than I could have ever imagined and feel very privileged to have played for such a long time… — 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
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
