Am I happiest on the farm or out in the middle? I am a cricketer, but the farm is a very special place and I absolutely love being in the countryside and getting away from the bubble. I like to think I'm a farmer, but there's so much experience that goes into that.

Alastair Cook

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IPL does not allow Pakistani players because they are dangerous. by Alastair Cook

IPL does not allow Pakistani players because they are dangerous.

india player sports

I am disappointed to find myself accused in some papers of supplying the offending sweets, particularly as I am a fruit pastille man.

offending sweet men

A pro is someone who can do great work when he doesn't feel like... by Alastair Cook

A pro is someone who can do great work when he doesn't feel like it.

great-work can-do feels

I think I might have a glass of champagne, if there is any in Nag... by Alastair Cook

I think I might have a glass of champagne, if there is any in Nagpur, and just enjoy the moment.

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You just Sanisa in the death overs. He is simply the best in the... by Alastair Cook

You just Sanisa in the death overs. He is simply the best in the world.

epic world

Sport is an entertainment, in one sense. But it's also a business... by Alastair Cook

Sport is an entertainment, in one sense. But it's also a business.

sense also entertainment business

When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game.

feeling game you cricket

If you play 100-odd Test matches, there's going to be little periods when you don't score runs, and I've always managed to turn it around.

test you always play

If someone taps me on the shoulder and tells me they don't want me to open the batting for England, it's going to hurt.

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In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure.

you cricket media pressure

Physically and mentally, it's quite hard. But I'm playing cricket for England. It's what I dream about doing.

doing cricket hard dream

The delight you feel in that split second you score your first hundred is so intense it can't be repeated.

your first feel you

From a purely selfish, batting point of view, I couldn't bat any better than the 2010-11 Ashes and then in India in 2012. That was as good as I could play.

view better good selfish

I suppose you could say I was always having to defend my style of captaincy. I did get a lot of criticism - some of it justified, other times as part of a tactic.

say you style criticism

Just because you're made England captain, it doesn't mean that you suddenly know everything about captaincy.

just-because everything know you

As cricketers we fail all the time. You score a hundred every now and again but you get out between nought and 20 far more often. If you get 50, you feel bad because you should have got a hundred. Even if you get a hundred, you feel you should have got 150. So you're always failing.

feel bad you time

All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be succe... by Alastair Cook

All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful.

cricket england successful play

Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money. by Alastair Cook

Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money.

here stay cricket money

As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire.

day being you cricket

I was never going to be the best player the world has ever seen but one thing I can be proud of is that I genuinely believe I have become the best player that I could have become.

best proud believe world