A biography for Nasser Hussainhasn’t been written yet.
“Politicians as diverse as Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe have been quoted at our team meetings. That is how political England cricket tours have become.”
“Being in charge of a team is just like having kids.”
“I certainly do not want to be remembered as a good captain who perhaps didn't contribute with the bat as much as he might have done.”
“If a player sits out a tour, it is not a problem, because it is a chance to look at others.”
“Normally I don't sleep much during a Test match.”
“Learning how to win comes with switching the onus of pressure away from yourselves and then seizing your moment.”
“Seems to me the rules are loaded against batsmen. If bowlers show dissent after a near miss they never seem to get punished.”
“It is crucial to have an injury seen to quickly.”
“You should not be flat playing for your country.”
“My philosophy is to respect the opposition off the field and play it as tough as possible on it.”
“With my bowling, I didn't know how I was doing it, so when it went wrong I didn't know how to fix it.”
“Being awarded the OBE was a great honour and something I had not been expecting.”
“I want to play 100 Test matches for England.”
“If we are going to win games, we need 11 fit players. Sir Alex Ferguson does not pick half-fit players.”
“Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.”
“It's not easy bowling off-spin in one-day internationals with only five men allowed on the leg side.”
“What you don't want from a player is to walk off and say 'that's the way I play.'”
“When you've done as much travelling as I have, it becomes hard work - I probably spend 90 per cent of the year travelling.”
“Trescothick hates it if somebody starts taking the micky or running other people down - which can happen a lot in some dressing-rooms - and he makes sure he stamps it out.”
“It was Test cricket as it should be played, when the irresistible force in Allan Donald met the immovable object in Mike Atherton at Trent Bridge in 1998. And I was happy to watch from the best seat in the house - at the other end.”