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Whenever you lose, it hurts.
You learn from the mistakes you make.
There is nothing wrong with being gay.
To score runs you have to be pragmatic.
I think I can be quite cheeky at times.
Individually we all have to play to our strengths.
I try not to measure myself against other players.
You don't win games by batting long periods of time.
I'm known as tidy, I like to keep my stuff in order.
As a captain I think tactically I've been quite good.
I like to think I'll be quite instinctive as a leader.
That was my upbringing: you treat people with respect.
You can sometimes bowl extremely well and get no reward.
In terms of pace, every captain wants pace in their attack.
I know how important it is that test cricket is my main focus.
We have to be prepared to play some attritional cricket at times.
You turn up to an Ashes series and put everything you can into it.
It's tough to take, losing the Ashes. It's bitterly disappointing.
I just love playing for England, whether it's opening or middle order.
Something people might not know about me is, I like playing the guitar.
I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it's the best format.
Coming off the field and having a young family, it's very easy to distract yourself.
I've been called Ellen DeGeneres on a number of occasions over the course of my career.
The dressing-room environment is very difficult to replicate, camaraderie is very important.
There is no point having team meetings where no one speaks because you don't learn anything.
Michael Vaughan gave me his old thigh pad when he retired. It was in my kitbag for a long time.
We should be looking to inspire every living person in this country to play the game of cricket.
You're always trying to find ways of getting guys in positions in which they will be comfortable.
I used to see Michael Vaughan play at the club and then to watch him captain England was inspiring.
Sometimes people say things on the field that they might regret, but they should stay on the field.
A lot of the things we do in Test cricket revolves around planning for the Ashes series down under.
Bowling at Steve Smith in his form is difficult and you have to make sure you take all your chances.
I've played a lot of cricket at Trent Bridge over the years, and have had a lot of fond memories there.
As a player I think you naturally think long term and think what is the schedule in the next year or so.
I'm just trying to score as many runs as I can each time. The more I can make over a hundred, the better.
You can never really replicate the dressing-room environment and building something as a group of players.
This game can be brutal. As soon as you get comfortable, it bites you. You have to stay on it all the time.
I wouldn't say I give the hairdryer treatment but when we've not performed well you have to make people aware.
We've seen guys in the sport, like Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, who have actually benefited from the captaincy.
Whenever I go through any sort of bad patch, I remind myself that part of the game of cricket is God testing you.
I did get the nickname 'craptain' from the Yorkshire dressing room. A bit of banter which I thought was quite funny.
You want to be busy and try and get the scoreboard moving, and showing that intent when you go out there is important.
I can remember that 2005 Ashes as a kid and being really absorbed in that whole series at 14 years old. It was magical.
There's always things you want to get better at and learn from but that's something that's quite hard to instil in players.
That's the food chain that cricket is sometimes. You have to be at the top of it otherwise you get swept away and eaten up.
I do a lot of free weights in the gym, with lots of squats, lunges and push-pull exercises to help develop strength and power.
I have been given a fantastic opportunity to captain the Test side and will continue to work very hard at doing my best at that.
Coming out of the Ashes in 2013-14 and the World Cup in 2015 I realised how much I wanted to be a force in international cricket.
Every time you're involved in an Ashes series, as soon as it finishes at the back of your mind you start thinking about the next one.
I still like to think I have a pretty good laugh with the other guys in the dressing room and still enjoy a beer and the odd night out.