Alastair Cook

The delight you feel in that split second you score your first hundred is so intense it can't be repeated. ”

Self-belief is certainly an issue you need to make sure you look after when you've lost heavily in two games. ”

Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don't think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of it. ”

I always found one-day cricket a lot harder. I had to change my game. ”

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. ”

Parenthood changes things a lot. ”

The England captaincy job, after 50-odd games, has found out what kind of leader I am in terms of a person. It's made me feel far more confident in terms of talking to a group in any situation. But it has taken me a long time to feel like I've been doing it naturally. ”

You have to be very pragmatic, because you walk out to bat at the best time to bowl, with a brand new ball, against the best bowlers, who are fresh. And their job is to get you out, so when you fail there's no point beating yourself up. ”

You're only England captain for a very short space of time. ”

I don't think you have to be this macho man all the time, just because you play sport. ”