Even when every Tom, Dick and Harry was calling for my head, I still felt I could get better at being captain. Alastair Cook Read Quote
I have achieved more than I could have ever imagined and feel very privileged to have played for such a long time alongside some of the greats of the English game. Alastair Cook Read Quote
I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it is to pull on an England shirt. Alastair Cook Read Quote
People like Mo Ali, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Joe Root, they are looking to take attack to the opposition and that’s when they play their best. Alastair Cook Read Quote
You want to score runs at the highest average you can. That’s what motivates you to keep driving the standards. Alastair Cook Read Quote
The captaincy thing is brilliant, and I love it. But I didn’t start off playing cricket to captain England. I wanted to score runs and stuff. Alastair Cook Read Quote
I made my debut in 2006 and absolutely, there was the pressure of the cricket, but there was no social media. There was no direct feedback to your phone. If you wanted to, you could avoid it. Alastair Cook Read Quote
The one thing about professional sport is it’s all about results, and at the end of the day, if someone is employing you and you’re not scoring runs or you’re not taking wickets, they ain’t going to carry on doing it, and there’s no any other way of saying that; that’s unfortunately the ruthless business of professional sport. Alastair Cook Read Quote
