Andrew Strauss

“As a group of players, and as a set-up, you need to set your stall out as to what is acceptable and what is not.”

“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.”

“Some people get on better with some than others but what is absolutely crucial is that everyone knows their roles and responsibilities and trust that your team-mate is going to do their best for the team.”

“If someone has cancer, it's not just them who has cancer - it's everyone around them as well and it's tough.”

“I've known Nick Compton a long time. He's a fully-formed cricketer and he's scored lots of runs.”

“My life experience has made me realise what's important and what is not.”

“I've always felt that, in the past, there has been a teacher-pupil relationship between the management and the players. But the best teams are run in such a way that the players have a voice.”

“I loved captaining and trying to win games - but I wasn't enjoying batting any more.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In 50over cricket there are different ways of playing. It's not all about smacking it over the top. It's important someone bats through the innings. That would be one of the options for me.”

“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.”

“A cricket team is always made up of 11 different individuals and you want to give them enough flexibility to be themselves.”

“I can understand the argument that the captain should always be there to lead from the front.”

“When I came back into the side in 2009 I had to play more aggressively, and did. But I should never have played 127 times for England in one day cricket.”

“The only thing I'd say about Darrell Hair is that he is a very good umpire. He's very firm and he obviously sticks to his guns. I wouldn't have any qualms about him coming back into Test cricket.”

“We are a high-performance environment and guys being professional about how they prepare for games is not something that should be frowned upon. It should be expected of players.”

“The only two times we have peaked above world average is when we got to No. 1 in the world in 2011 and when we got to No. 2 in the world in 2004 under Michael Vaughan.”

“After time away it always makes you realise how special it is to play for England and what an honour it is.”

“My biggest concern is that Test cricket and Twenty20 cricket are competing too much. They should be complementing each other and the more they clash the more damaging it will be for cricket.”