I always found one-day cricket a lot harder. I had to change my game.
There's nothing worse than going out without contributing.
I think a lot when I'm on my own - and much of it is about cricket.
When I'm away from cricket I switch off totally. Otherwise I would never be able to keep that same hunger.
In a normal series you can have a couple of bad games and still win it.
You're always under pressure, that's what life is about. That is what playing international cricket or being a professional sportsman is.
I think I come back to Essex and fit in pretty well but until you get there you don't know.
You're there to score runs. If you don't do that over a period of time, people will look elsewhere. That hasn't changed and that'll never change, whether it's myself or Jimmy Anderson, you've got to play to a certain level to be picked for England or even Essex.
Jonathan Agnew is a good person to learn off because he's a brilliant broadcaster and the calmness and clarity with which he does things is a real skill.
Without sounding arrogant, I achieved a lot more than I thought I would do.
I like being outside and I like hard work.
I've got that ruthlessness inside me. All good captains have to be able to say things like that - with good man-management skills.
You're only England captain for a very short space of time.
If I was a second-team player, I probably would have gone to uni.
Yes, there are absolutely moments when you're running out of ideas, and you do genuinely feel sorry for the bowlers when you keep asking them to run in again on a flat wicket, when partnerships get away from you, especially at the tail, which is one of the big differences in the modern game.
It does take a lot of effort to perform, playing for England. It's a huge amount of sacrifice to do and one day I might just wake up and say 'you know what, I'm done with it.'
The one thing about professional sport is it's all about results, and at the end of the day, if someone is employing you and you're not scoring runs or you're not taking wickets, they ain't going to carry on doing it, and there's no any other way of saying that; that's unfortunately the ruthless business of professional sport.
You're either singing on TV or in front of a full cathedral and there's a bit of pressure there. I know it sounds funny but if you get used to doing it, then performing in front of people playing cricket is the same sort of thing.
It's quite nice to switch off and not see anything to do with cricket.
I do feel sorry for my younger brother, he used to field a lot.
