Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Joe Root
English international cricketer, born 1990
Joe Root is an English international cricketer, born in 1990. He plays Tests and ODIs for England, represents Yorkshire in domestic cricket, and has been reappointed captain of the Test side, after first leading it from 2017 to 2022. Root is known as a prolific run-scorer and, by March 2026, had become the leading scorer among active batsmen, England’s highest run-scorer, and the second-highest run-scorer in Test history. He was part of England’s 2019 Cricket World Cup-winning team, where he scored the most runs for England, and he has topped the ICC Test batting rankings ten times.
More from Joe Root (100 quotes) →Keep reading Joe Root
- “You want to be busy and try and get the scoreboard moving, and showing that intent when you go out there is i…”Joe Root
- “That's the food chain that cricket is sometimes. You have to be at the top of it otherwise you get swept away…”Joe Root
- “We should be looking to inspire every living person in this country to play the game of cricket.”Joe Root
- “Whenever I go through any sort of bad patch, I remind myself that part of the game of cricket is God testing…”Joe Root
Explore Reflections
- “In business everyone is out to grab, to fight, to win. Either you are the under or the over dog. It is up to…”Alice Foote MacDougall
- “Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.”Mort Sahl
- “When I was a kid, my greatest escape was motion pictures.”Mike Connors