Jonny Bairstow Quotes

Jonny Bairstow

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 26, 1989

People don't actually see what's gone on behind the scenes - the hard work, when you're doing your rehab, when you're sleeping on an ice machine - and yet they have an opinion on it.

Jonny Bairstow

It's all well and good when it's going good and people have an opinion on how well you're playing, but it's the hidden things they don't see.

Jonny Bairstow

You look at the challenges that have been put in front of me as a cricketer over a period of time. There have been quite a few. I'd like to think I've come through most of them.

Jonny Bairstow

I've not given up my keeping, I want to make that very, very clear. I'm still working hard on my keeping and it's something I still want to do.

Jonny Bairstow

Most people believe their family is special. I know mine is.

Jonny Bairstow

I'm a bit taller too because I've got Mum's legs and Dad was a bit more squat and well-built than me. My brother Andrew is a bit more like Dad.

Jonny Bairstow

I've learnt a lot about Dad from going around the world and listening to other people. Whether I've been in Australia, the Caribbean, Leeds, Scarborough or London there's always someone who's got a story about him.

Jonny Bairstow

When you're going through difficult times, like I was after the 2013-14 Ashes, you start thinking about different bits. Rugby is a huge passion of mine, a lot of my friends play.

Jonny Bairstow

If you can't motivate yourself to get up and play in front of 30,000-40,000 people, then you're not in the right job.

Jonny Bairstow

You're able to learn different things from different coaches and different players.

Jonny Bairstow

If you're constantly striving for questions that are never going to be answered, then you're only being detrimental to your own mental health.

Jonny Bairstow

Mum never made an excuse, even when she had cancer and had a lot on her plate. You have to have huge admiration for the way she brought us up.

Jonny Bairstow

You think of what might have been different if dad had been around, or how I might have turned out as a person. You just don't know. I might not even be playing cricket.

Jonny Bairstow

You go out onto the playing field every time to win and you will do all you can to do that, but not at all costs and especially not to cheat.

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.

Jonny Bairstow

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

Jonny Bairstow

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.

Jonny Bairstow

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

Jonny Bairstow

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.

Jonny Bairstow

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.

Jonny Bairstow