118 Quotes by Andrew Strauss

A cricket team is always made up of 11 different individuals and you want to give them enough flexibility to be themselves.

My life experience has made me realise what's important and what is not.

When you're managing a team the key is, I guess, to find where those boundaries are, where you're prepared to let people go, to what extent you're allowing them to be a free spirit because ultimately it's all got to be in the greater cause which is making sure the team wins cricket games.

I loved captaining and trying to win games - but I wasn't enjoying batting any more.

Cricket is not rocket science. Bowlers often get wickets through perseverance, accuracy and being patient rather than trying to blast opposition teams out.

Captaincy is a confidence game. When the team is winning and your decisions go well that breeds confidence.

My biggest concern is that Test cricket and Twenty20 cricket are competing too much. They should be complementing each other and the more they clash the more damaging it will be for cricket.

You either back your instincts or you hold off - and you're more likely to back your instincts if you're confident.

I learnt that as soon as you have a negative thought, just push it to the back of your mind. The question is, when it's you versus 11 others; can you be positive under pressure? That's what defines winners.