- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Away
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm away from cricket I switch off totally. Otherwise I would never be able to keep that same hunger.
- Cricket
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're always under pressure, that's what life is about. That is what playing international cricket or being a professional sportsman is.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I come back to Essex and fit in pretty well but until you get there you don't know.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're there to score runs. If you don't do that over a period of time, people will look elsewhere. That hasn't changed and that'll never change, whether it's myself or Jimmy Anderson, you've got to play to a certain level to be picked for England or even Essex.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jonathan Agnew is a good person to learn off because he's a brilliant broadcaster and the calmness and clarity with which he does things is a real skill.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The family farm plays such a big part in my life and I genuinely love going back there. In some ways I'd like to spend every day there, but there would be a big hole in my life if I didn't stay involved in cricket.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The India series wasn't the only reason I retired. It was the culmination of 18 months where things had probably changed in my life.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like being outside and I like hard work.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got that ruthlessness inside me. All good captains have to be able to say things like that - with good man-management skills.
- Short
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're only England captain for a very short space of time.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, there are absolutely moments when you're running out of ideas, and you do genuinely feel sorry for the bowlers when you keep asking them to run in again on a flat wicket, when partnerships get away from you, especially at the tail, which is one of the big differences in the modern game.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020