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
If you have lost matches and not played to potential, criticism will come your way. Critics and media will say what they… — 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
I'm not some little soft touch. I will never take a backward step when batting, but I want to be respected as… — 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
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