100 Quotes by Joe Root

This game can be brutal. As soon as you get comfortable, it bites you. You have to stay on it all the time.

I think I can be quite cheeky at times.

I just love playing for England, whether it's opening or middle order.

Individually we all have to play to our strengths.

I'm known as tidy, I like to keep my stuff in order.

I have a short, home-made armguard because I don't like the regular ones. I'd wear that on a lively pitch. I don't use a chest guard because I find it too restrictive.

My first bat was a Duncan Fearnley 405, size two. I was aged about four. I loved that bat, such great memories. I gave it to a family member and never saw it again.

I did get the nickname 'craptain' from the Yorkshire dressing room. A bit of banter which I thought was quite funny.

The dressing-room environment is very difficult to replicate, camaraderie is very important.