Quotes by Andrew Strauss - Page 2

I learnt that as soon as you have a negative thought, just push it to the back of your mind. The question is, when it's you versus 11 others; can you be positive under pressure? That's what defines winners.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Versus
Positive Mind Your
Defines
Learnt
Winners
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And my job is to look at the future of English cricket and develop a side that is capable of winning important series and tournaments in the next four years. And that is what I am going to concentrate on doing.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Tournaments
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Winston Churchill inspired my leadership philosophy. I've read a huge number of his writings, especially his diaries from the Second World War. His thoughts on leadership and duty have helped me as England captain.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Leadership
Diaries
England
Huge
Second World War
Captain
War Leadership World
Churchill
Read
Number
Helped
Huge Number
Second
Thoughts
Winston
World War
Writings
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I've definitely grown into the job after that difficult first Test against Pakistan. I'd been captain for the Sri Lanka one-dayers, which hadn't gone well, and all the talk was that I only had that one Test as captain.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Captain
Lanka
Sri
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The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach, as it always has been. It's the right way to go. We need clear role allocations, the coach and the captain go and execute and my job is to plan for the future.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Right Way
Strategy
Captain
Execute
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There is a real danger that kids won't engage with cricket when there are so many other opportunities to use their time in other sports, not to mention video-gaming, and generally long-form cricket doesn't turn them on.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Danger
Mention
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Peter Moores has been very popular in the England dressing room. He's got a very good record of developing players but I felt that in some areas of international cricket he is a little bit exposed, around tactics and strategy.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Developing
Exposed
Peter
Strategy
Dressing
Dressing Room
Good Record
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No one has ever doubted Kevin Pietersen's abilities as a player, he has been a phenomenal player for England for a long period of time, his record stacks up to anyone's in English cricket and he should be very proud of his record.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Doubted
Time Long Cricket
Long Period
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We should be far more flexible about the way we play our cricket away from home. We can't just presume that what works at home will work away. We need to be more flexible and creative both in the way we play and the way we select.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Flexible
Select
Work Home Will
Presume
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We've always got to look for opportunities for our English coaches to get more experience than just doing county coaching gigs. They need to do more than that if they're going to be viable candidates for England jobs going forward.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Candidates
Coaches
County
Gigs
Viable
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We know the Victorian way of dealing with death, which was not dealing with it. You'll never get over it but having the support of a counsellor who has been there hundreds of times is so important, to help you develop strategies to cope.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Over It
Victorian
Cope
Hundreds
Strategies
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I had to stop being a student idiot and become more sensible and organised and that definitely improved my batting. I also reacted far more quickly to situations in Test cricket because I'd been a county captain. It made a huge difference.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Batting
County
Cricket
Organised
Sensible
Captain
Huge Difference
Improved
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I really believe that every game of international cricket should have some sort of meaning and some sort of context to it - so the World Test Championship, the World One-Day League are all really, really important opportunities to the game.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Championship
Cricket
Context
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I still remember my quote from the 2007 World Cup, when I said scoring two threes was as good as hitting a six. That was me trying to justify what you couldn't. To me, and this was before I became director of cricket, we just couldn't do that again.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Hitting
Justify
World Cup
Good World Me
Quote
Scoring
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There is no reason why cricket shouldn't be the number one alternative to football. And at a time when there are obvious divisions in society, cricket has a great role to play in bringing people together from all sorts of diverse backgrounds and faiths.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Backgrounds
Cricket
Diverse
No Reason
Obvious
Alternative
Time Society Great
Divisions
Faiths
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We have to find a way to get the two forms of the game co-existing - and that involves administrators sitting down and banging their heads together and working out a framework. I understand the politics but I'm more interested in what's best for the game.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Administrators
Banging
Framework
Heads
Involves
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Peter Moores has been very popular in the England dressing room. He's got a very good record of developing players, but I felt that there are some areas in international cricket where he is a little bit exposed, for me personally around tactics and strategy.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Developing
Exposed
Peter
Strategy
Dressing
Dressing Room
Good Record
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If you look at English cricketers since the turn of the century, less than a handful have better records away from home than at home. So if everyone in our team is significantly worse away from home, the likelihood is the team as a whole will be significantly worse.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Handful
Likelihood
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Some really good players are coming out of county cricket. Better preparation, and looking after yourself physically are things that counties should still have to strive for. Also, the volume of county cricket is still far too high. I'd definitely like less county cricket.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Preparation
Strive
Volume
Physically
Good Better Yourself
Counties
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The way you speak to a team is very important - both before a Test and during the game itself. If you try and do things on the run then people will quickly see through you. You're also never going to say anything that profound and so it's important to come up with new angles.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Profound
Angles
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I think you grieve different elements, you grieve your wife who's gone, you grieve the fact she had cancer and you had to watch her die, you grieve the fact the life you built isn't going to be the same as the one going forward. All these different elements hit you at different times.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Different Times
Elements
Different Elements
Grieve
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I'm most proud of a couple of things. Firstly what we managed to do with the team from 2009 to get them to win the Ashes in Australia. That was remarkable. And secondly moving England forward in white-ball cricket because that is where the game is going and we need to be at the vanguard.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Ashes
Cricket
Remarkable
Vanguard
Firstly
Secondly
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When you're managing a team the key is, I guess, to find where those boundaries are, where you're prepared to let people go, to what extent you're allowing them to be a free spirit because ultimately it's all got to be in the greater cause which is making sure the team wins cricket games.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Allowing
Boundaries
Cricket
Free Spirit
Free People Find
Extent
Wins
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My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cheer
Scotland
Summer
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I was forced to learn a lot about psychology as a player, and as a captain to get the best out of others. There's still a lot of scepticism about it in sport and the workplace, but dealing with fluctuations of form, and pressure, and being away from home are more important than your cover-drive.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Psychology
Scepticism
Workplace
Captain
Forced
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I don't want to overplay the diary's significance, but it's a really helpful batting aid. It's not an obsession because I don't spend more than 10 or 20 minutes writing a day - and not necessarily every day. I might write in it three days in a row and then not the next four. It depends on the situation.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Batting
Obsession
Significance
Aid
Diary
Row
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I think there will be one overarching coach for Tests and one-day cricket. I think you need one person in control and in charge of that environment. Also it's important for people to know I am not going to be playing a tracksuited role. The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach as it always has been.
Andrew Strauss / Cricketer
Cricket
Execution
Strategy
Always I Am Important
Captain
Charge
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