On the field, MS epitomises calmness and, from a cricket point of view, has the best angle in terms of field placements.
Ben Stokes
The thing about international cricket is that you never really get to know the guys you play against. The T20 leagues allow you to actually know an individual.
I don't need to be going out reverse-sweeping for six and four straightaway. Singles can be just as important as boundaries, rotating the strike and not letting the bowlers settle.
I'd rather be remembered as a player who came on and impacted a lot of games for England. If I ever take a selfish thought-process of, 'I'm doing this for myself,' then things will be seriously wrong.
It's one of the greatest sporting environments you can be in, the first morning of an Ashes series. It's hard to explain, you can only really explain it when you're out there. It's awesome.
Jofra makes any team better. He is the most naturally gifted bowler I've seen and I don't think he realises how good he is. Some of the things he can do at the click of a finger are just 'wow.' It's pretty special to watch.
There has always been sledging in cricket.
I don't want to look back on my career and say, 'I wish I'd averaged this or that.'
I fell off a wall in Cockermouth when I was 18. The slate on the top of the wall was loose and I tried to jump up and sit on it. I ended up falling backwards and the tile ended up falling back onto my hand.
Being out there, as a 22-year-old, it opens your eyes up to the highest level of the sport. It can only do good things.
You just keep your feet on the floor. I never feel I get too high and I never feel I get too low about things. Everyone else may deal with things like that differently but that is just how I go about it.
It's fine for a bowler to have a plan but I feel as a batter you need to have another plan to counteract what they're doing.
What happens on the pitch stays on it. Off it you have to let it go.
Being able to work with specialist coaches in Twenty20 cricket, I think my bowling has gone up another level.
Just being in the whole environment around the IPL, around the people that you ge to play with and against means it's going to be really, really good.
I don't know how you work on concentration. You are either born with it or you're not. And I was definitely not born with it.
After 2019, one thing that really stood out to me was, early on, not going too hard at the ball and allowing myself to get in without too much risk.
I am extremely nervous before anything. People who say they aren't nervous are telling a white lie. Nerves get you going, as you are playing for so much at the highest level.
I don't want to be remembered as the guy who had a fight in the street.
Nothing good happens after midnight.
I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.
I played number 6 in rugby league so I had the ball quite a lot. I tried to make the plays, so you are in the action.
I am always trying to get better as a player, no matter how things are going, always trying to expand my game and look into how I can hit more areas or bowl different balls or whatever it is.
My dad's a fitness freak himself.
It was just bred in me that I would not back down to guys who were bigger than me.
I've definitely done things to change my behaviour. There are certain things you can't do when you get to a certain level in what you do. When it gets to a certain time, you're a story to somebody. It is something I have taken on board.
One-day cricket is a lot more draining because it's a lot faster. You don't get as much break. You are running a lot harder.
As a batter, I just try to put myself in a bubble, not letting anything in from the outside, looking only at how many runs I can score.
All I'm interested in is putting in consistent performances. If awards come along with that, great. It means you are doing something right.
It's amazing how quickly things can change.
I always look to perform with the bat and the ball and do good for my team.
It's always great when games can go to day five.
I like to be aggressive.
In a World Cup final the adrenalin is going. Emotion sometimes get the better of me but that is adrenalin and wanting us to do well.
Setbacks make you want to be better again.
Captaincy did not change me as a player whatsoever, when I had the ball in my hand, I operated in the same manner like I always do.
I have really enjoyed the responsibility of leading the team and making the decisions out there.
We've got to be good enough to put runs on board.
The Ashes are the biggest Test series played in the world.
You can't feel your way into an Ashes series, you have to be switched on from ball one. That's just me in a nutshell.
That's the great thing about being an all-rounder. You can impose yourself on the game with bat and ball.
You can never beat your own mind when it plays tricks on you.
I just go out there and try to do what I am paid to do, which is score runs and take wickets.
2019 will be very hard to top and wipes away anything that happened the year before that.
As players ourselves, to inspire other players to do what we do is awesome.
You are never the complete article but the feeling you get when people come up to you and say 'thank you for the great summer' and inspiring children is such a great feeling.
I think 2019 will always have a special place for fans.
There is nothing better than being there at the end and getting your team over the line.
Never give up. It's never over until it's over.
For me it is about always trying to find ways to improve and get better.
