I think I come back to Essex and fit in pretty well but until you get there you don’t know. Alastair Cook Read Quote
You’re always under pressure, that’s what life is about. That is what playing international cricket or being a professional sportsman is. Alastair Cook Read Quote
When I’m away from cricket I switch off totally. Otherwise I would never be able to keep that same hunger. Alastair Cook Read Quote
It’s very hard to reflect properly when you’re still playing but the hundreds one – when I got my 23rd in Kolkata – felt the most special because it broke a benchmark that had stood for a very long time. It felt good to do something no Englishman has done before. Alastair Cook Read Quote
Throughout my career I have done it my way and used my stubborn streak. I thought the best way to captain was to shut out all the noise – I did it with my batting and thought ‘that has served me well, so why change it?’ Alastair Cook Read Quote
When I first came into the side as captain, I was accused of being quite conservative, quite negative, and just doing what Andrew Strauss did. Alastair Cook Read Quote
