It is frustrating when you go all that way, you train, and you just don’t turn up. It does happen. If you play 100-odd Test matches, there’s going to be little periods when you don’t score the runs. Alastair Cook Read Quote
The atmosphere and the first days of Test matches against Australia are incredible. Alastair Cook Read Quote
The biggest thing was probably a better understanding of the mental side of cricket and also the technical challenges I have in my game. Those two things happened in a very short space of time which changed me as a player. Alastair Cook Read Quote
Everyone has technical issues – you have them until you die – but you have to be aware of them in a certain way. Alastair Cook Read Quote
The musical training taught me to focus my mind, before playing in an orchestra taught me how to truly concentrate. If you miss your moment in an orchestra, there is no forgiving. Alastair Cook Read Quote
In the end, playing for England means very little if you don’t see the rest of the world around you. It is why I hate prima donnas and arrogance. Alastair Cook Read Quote
My girlfriend comes from a farming background and I spend a lot of time at her farm doing farming stuff. When you’re pulling lambs out, or weighing them or worming them or doing whatever you do to sheep you’re not thinking about Brett Lee. Alastair Cook Read Quote
I am much more happy in a country pub with 10 blokes having a pint than going to a night club. Alastair Cook Read Quote
