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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Andrew Strauss

Cricket is 90-95 per cent mental. To score runs, you've got to feel good about yourself.

— Andrew Strauss

“I may be surprised. But I don't think I will be.”

— 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…

— 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…

— Andrew Strauss

But there are definitely times when I just need to write to clarify my thoughts and put any doubts to bed.

— 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…

— Andrew Strauss

The way you speak to a team is very important - both before a Test and during the game itself. If you…

— Andrew Strauss

T20 has become a longer and longer format of the game. It is more than four hours in a lot of parts…

— Andrew Strauss

That's what sport can do to you: it gives you a lot of heartache and pain, and sometimes the ultimate rewards.

— Andrew Strauss

We have to find a way to get the two forms of the game co-existing - and that involves administrators sitting down…

— 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…

— Andrew Strauss

“Glenn McGrath had a reasonable career in Australia.”

— Andrew Strauss

My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit…

— Andrew Strauss

Grief is a bit of a journey, and it is evolving all the time but I am very functional.

— Andrew Strauss

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…

— Andrew Strauss

If you look at English cricketers since the turn of the century, less than a handful have better records away from home…

— Andrew Strauss

Watching the ball is always a good starting point.

— Andrew Strauss

I still have ambition to captain England into the 2011 World Cup. I'm very keen to do that job.

— Andrew Strauss

As a group of players, and as a set-up, you need to set your stall out as to what is acceptable and…

— Andrew Strauss

I was forced to learn a lot about psychology as a player, and as a captain to get the best out of…

— Andrew Strauss

This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket.

— Andrew Strauss

I played a very background role in terms of trying to get the environment together but Eoin Morgan and Trevor Bayliss have…

— Andrew Strauss