69 Quotes by Jonny Bairstow

If your game is to take everything on then you have to stick with that and if it's your game to get out of the way of the short ball then that's what you do.

It's important to have a smile with spectators but it's not always possible.

In an Ashes series you have to adapt quickly to the conditions and your rivals. If you don't, you get found out.

As a young kid you stay up late to watch the Ashes, getting told off for not being in bed, and dream of making a hundred against Australia.

Everything goes out of the window when you start an Ashes series. It's about grabbing the moment.

Get picked for an Ashes Test at Lord's and you know you're going to meet the Queen. She arrived before the start of our game against Australia in 2013 and we lined up for inspection like the household cavalry on Horse Guards Parade.

I don't like intensely complicated coaching. I prefer to work things out by myself. A gentle hint is all I need, otherwise it's like finishing a crossword after someone has given me the answers.

I've been through practices during which I've felt as though medieval torture would have been easier.

When I came into the England team I was always being asked whether I 'really' wanted to be a wicketkeeper. It was as though no one had noticed the work I'd already put in to make myself one.