121 Quotes by Alastair Cook

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.

The musical training taught me to focus my mind, before playing in an orchestra taught me how to truly concentrate. If you miss your moment in an orchestra, there is no forgiving.

The delight you feel in that split second you score your first hundred is so intense it can't be repeated.

I am hugely honoured and proud to be receiving a knighthood.

You want to score runs at the highest average you can. That's what motivates you to keep driving the standards.

I was never going to be the best player the world has ever seen but one thing I can be proud of is that I genuinely believe I have become the best player that I could have become.

You're only England captain for a very short space of time.

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.

I do feel sorry for my younger brother, he used to field a lot.