Jonny Bairstow

You go out onto the playing field every time to win and you will do all you can to do that, but…

— Jonny Bairstow

You're able to learn different things from different coaches and different players.

— Jonny Bairstow

You only have to see the rate of divorce in cricket. You're away so much and then 18 months later, you're around…

— Jonny Bairstow

I look so much like my dad - same chin, same cheekbones, same forehead - and I play a little like him…

— Jonny Bairstow

Look how successful Eddie Jones was, then all of a sudden a training camp is wrong and it's his fault. The same…

— Jonny Bairstow

I played fly-half in rugby, so I could influence the game, and midfield in hockey too. So it is part of my…

— Jonny Bairstow

If someone who doesn't know anything about wicketkeeping finds a reason to criticise, you have to sift it out. It's about working…

— Jonny Bairstow

I'm a bit taller too because I've got Mum's legs and Dad was a bit more squat and well-built than me. My…

— Jonny Bairstow

When you're going through difficult times, like I was after the 2013-14 Ashes, you start thinking about different bits. Rugby is a…

— Jonny Bairstow

I think it's something you learn over a period of time; you learn to be more comfortable within yourself, appreciative of what…

— Jonny Bairstow

As a youngster, you take a lot of things to heart, so you have to learn to trust yourself.

— Jonny Bairstow

But having gone through two bouts of breast cancer and all the operations and treatments it's fair to say mum's a special…

— Jonny Bairstow

It's important to have a smile with spectators but it's not always possible.

— Jonny Bairstow

Mum never made an excuse, even when she had cancer and had a lot on her plate. You have to have huge…

— Jonny Bairstow

Even with Yorkshire I had 19 fifties before I got my first hundred.

— Jonny Bairstow

Anyone who has been born in Yorkshire is very proud of it. It's something that's embedded in your character.

— Jonny Bairstow

If you're constantly striving for questions that are never going to be answered, then you're only being detrimental to your own mental…

— Jonny Bairstow

When I came into the England team I was always being asked whether I 'really' wanted to be a wicketkeeper. It was…

— Jonny Bairstow

I really enjoy being in the game for every single ball.

— Jonny Bairstow

I don't think there have been many dull celebrations after any of my hundreds for England. It's been an emotional time for…

— Jonny Bairstow

I don't like intensely complicated coaching. I prefer to work things out by myself. A gentle hint is all I need, otherwise…

— Jonny Bairstow

All sportsmen have superstitions, or at least they have routines. You look at Rafa Nadal and the way he organises his water…

— Jonny Bairstow

Every young cricketer from our county dreams of playing for Yorkshire and going on to represent England.

— Jonny Bairstow

Most people believe their family is special. I know mine is.

— Jonny Bairstow

I think 'chuffed to bits' is a very Yorkshire way of describing my feelings for my friend and county team-mate Joe Root…

— Jonny Bairstow