- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- 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.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate.
- Nov 07, 2020
There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.
- 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.
- Given
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- Nov 07, 2020
You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.
- 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.
- Short
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're only England captain for a very short space of time.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is huge variablitiy in how you perform.
- 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
It does take a lot of effort to perform, playing for England. It's a huge amount of sacrifice to do and one day I might just wake up and say 'you know what, I'm done with it.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're either singing on TV or in front of a full cathedral and there's a bit of pressure there. I know it sounds funny but if you get used to doing it, then performing in front of people playing cricket is the same sort of thing.
- Best Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to be very pragmatic, because you walk out to bat at the best time to bowl, with a brand new ball, against the best bowlers, who are fresh. And their job is to get you out, so when you fail there's no point beating yourself up.
- Meet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020