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I like to be aggressive.
My dad's a fitness freak himself.
Pune is one of my favorite grounds.
Nothing good happens after midnight.
Setbacks make you want to be better again.
I now know in myself not to punch lockers.
I've got a lot of traits from my dad's side.
I'll have a few pints the night before a match.
Never give up. It's never over until it's over.
It's always great when games can go to day five.
We've got to be good enough to put runs on board.
I think 2019 will always have a special place for fans.
The Ashes are the biggest Test series played in the world.
What happens on the pitch stays on it. Off it you have to let it go.
We shouldn't be too critical of players if they do have lean patches.
I don't want to be remembered as the guy who had a fight in the street.
It's always been there, that competitive instinct... I just want to win.
I think momentum is huge in sport, especially in a series like the Ashes.
As players ourselves, to inspire other players to do what we do is awesome.
I always look to perform with the bat and the ball and do good for my team.
I'm not going to hate anybody who beats me. But. I. Just. Don't. Like. Losing.
It was just bred in me that I would not back down to guys who were bigger than me.
I don't want to look back on my career and say, 'I wish I'd averaged this or that.'
You can't just be letting certain people get away with certain things and not others.
When I get on the pitch I have to make sure I am getting hundreds and taking six-fors.
It's a cliche but I would rather be involved in a winning team than have good figures.
There is nothing better than being there at the end and getting your team over the line.
I just go out there and try to do what I am paid to do, which is score runs and take wickets.
Most people acquire a softer side with age and sometimes with dad that has been quite weird to see.
I sort of know my role with the ball but with the bat I've been up and down the order quite a few times.
I don't think punching lockers is the way forward for anyone. There's only going to be one winner there.
That's the great thing about being an all-rounder. You can impose yourself on the game with bat and ball.
Players are under such pressure in crucial moments, especially at the highest level with what is on the line.
Being able to work with specialist coaches in Twenty20 cricket, I think my bowling has gone up another level.
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.
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've been up and down the order. I'm just happy to get a game and wherever I'm told to bat or told to bowl I'll do it.
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.
On the field, MS epitomises calmness and, from a cricket point of view, has the best angle in terms of field placements.
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 think sometimes I have been drawn into trying to be too aggressive too early. I have learnt that I can give myself time.
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.
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.
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.
I used to be guilty of trying to get a wicket every ball, but I've learned the game is not that easy. That's come with experience.
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.
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.
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.
There are guys that you look at and you want to really bowl at them or bat against them, certain guys who really get your juices flowing.
Getting the opportunity to captain England is a huge honour - even if it's only the once you can still say 'yeah, I've captained England.'