Adapt Quote by Jonny Bairstow

You can't feel your way into an Ashes series, you have to be switched on from ball one. That's just me in a nutshell.

— Ben Stokes

Everything goes out of the window when you start an Ashes series. It's about grabbing the moment.

— Jonny Bairstow

You turn up to an Ashes series and put everything you can into it.

— Joe Root

It's great to retain the Ashes but it just doesn't sit right with me when you don't win it.

— Steve Smith

You can tell yourself that everything is normal, and try to keep the same routine from every other Test match, but there is always…

— Glenn McGrath

I think any time you lose an Ashes series, especially with the hype and build-up surrounding it and the pride we have as Australians…

— Ricky Ponting

You know there is something a little bit special about an Ashes.

— Glenn McGrath

Every time you're involved in an Ashes series, as soon as it finishes at the back of your mind you start thinking about the…

— Joe Root

The Ashes have been hard, but you take the accolades when they come along.

— Andrew Flintoff

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible…

— Robert Downey, Jr

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

— Martial

There is something special about the early stages of an Ashes Test. There is this unique buzz.

— James Anderson