A biography for Joe Roothasn’t been written yet.
“It's tough to take, losing the Ashes. It's bitterly disappointing.”
“Unfortunately I am a human being and not a robot.”
“Michael Vaughan gave me his old thigh pad when he retired. It was in my kitbag for a long time.”
“Teams quickly find trends in ways you get out. If you get out in similar fashion on three or four occasions, teams will be using that as a weapon to get you out.”
“That was my upbringing: you treat people with respect.”
“Whenever you lose, it hurts.”
“From a young age I've always known my game pretty well and coming from a club like Yorkshire you are generally taught to say what you think. If you don't say what you think then someone else does.”
“You're always trying to find ways of getting guys in positions in which they will be comfortable.”
“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.”
“Sometimes people say things on the field that they might regret, but they should stay on the field.”
“Make sure you look after people around you and it holds you in good stead going forward in terms of leadership. Look at all the best leaders and they have those qualities.”
“In terms of pace, every captain wants pace in their attack.”
“I did get the nickname 'craptain' from the Yorkshire dressing room. A bit of banter which I thought was quite funny.”
“I was pretty much a goody-two shoes at school - a bit boring, didn't get in trouble with teachers - it was classical Yorkshire: a lot of respect to your elders. Once I started playing cricket that sort of slipped away.”
“You are not going to win many games if you start behind.”
“Whenever I go through any sort of bad patch, I remind myself that part of the game of cricket is God testing you.”
“We should be looking to inspire every living person in this country to play the game of cricket.”
“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.”
“You want to be busy and try and get the scoreboard moving, and showing that intent when you go out there is important.”
“As a player I think you naturally think long term and think what is the schedule in the next year or so.”