You don’t get to the top in professional sport without being hard and tough, but I do that in my way. I don’t shout or scream, but I am determined and I will push harder than 99 per cent of cricketers in training. Alastair Cook Read Quote
I love the individual sport stuff but the experiences I’ve had with some great people over 12 or 15 years are what makes is special. That individual thing: me versus the bowler is great but you get that team feeling as well and that’s why it suits me so well. Alastair Cook Read Quote
The battle between bat and ball is a one-on-one thing. I love that stuff, but you play it in a team. Alastair Cook Read Quote
Many people have helped me during my career and without them and fantastic team-mates and coaches it would not have been possible to achieve all that I have. Alastair Cook Read Quote
You’re never as good as people say you are and you’re never as bad as people say you are. You’re always in the middle at some stage. Alastair Cook Read Quote
In one sense, what happens for me outside of cricket gives me that break – the farming means I have a really different life outside of cricket; it’s not just cricket, cricket, cricket for 12 months of the year. Alastair Cook Read Quote
Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don’t think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of it. Alastair Cook Read Quote
When you give up something as big as playing for England there are going to be moments when you miss it. Alastair Cook Read Quote
