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> [I don't want to overplay the diary's significance, but it's a really helpful batting aid. It's not an obsession because I don't spend more than 10 or 20 minutes writing a day - and not necessarily every day. I might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/i-don-t-want-to-overplay-the-diary-s-significance-but-it-s-a-really/)

[Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/)

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## 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/)

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