Alastair Cook Quotes

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Alastair Cook

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 25, 1984

Am I happiest on the farm or out in the middle? I am a cricketer, but the farm is a very special place and I absolutely love being in the countryside and getting away from the bubble. I like to think I'm a farmer, but there's so much experience that goes into that.

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No matter how much cricket you have played you are always learning.

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Even when every Tom, Dick and Harry was calling for my head, I still felt I could get better at being captain.

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The beauty of cricket is that there are so many different opinions as to the best way to do something and at times it is easier to see something when you're not emotionally involved in the game and not responsible for the decision. You can go and have a cup of tea and look at it from a different point of view.

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I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it is to pull on an England shirt.

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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.

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

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I have achieved more than I could have ever imagined and feel very privileged to have played for such a long time alongside some of the greats of the English game.

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My girlfriend comes from a farming background and I spend a lot of time at her farm doing farming stuff. When you're pulling lambs out, or weighing them or worming them or doing whatever you do to sheep you're not thinking about Brett Lee.

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I am much more happy in a country pub with 10 blokes having a pint than going to a night club.

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You're never as good as people say you are and you're never as bad as people say you are. You're always in the middle at some stage.

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I think a lot when I'm on my own - and much of it is about cricket.

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Sheep are never going to talk to you about cricket.

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Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money.

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When I was made captain, one of my things was that whatever happens in those four years, you don't want to make major changes just before a World Cup. We'd done it before, and it never worked.

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It is frustrating when you go all that way, you train, and you just don't turn up. It does happen. If you play 100-odd Test matches, there's going to be little periods when you don't score the runs.

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If someone taps me on the shoulder and tells me they don't want me to open the batting for England, it's going to hurt.

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Being a dad is best thing you can do, it's very exciting.

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The most important opinions to me are those that belong to the guys in the changing room.

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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.

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