Quotes from Nasser Hussain

If you are not 100 per cent, Virender Sehwag or Chris Cairns will destroy you.

Off the field I always thought Mark Taylor was exemplary in the way he handled himself.

I am still disappointed when I have let myself down or my team. That will not change at any stage in the future.

Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.

There have been a few times in my career when I have been close to tears after completing an innings, but rarely when I am waiting to bat.

The closer I got to Essex 2nds, the more technical I got with my batting.

Batsmen like Gary Kirsten, Boeta Dippenaar and Neil McKenzie have good techniques and can bat for long periods.

You have to think about ways of improving the helmet all the time, balancing protection with being able to move and see the ball.

One-day cricket is about continuity, team ethic, understanding each other's role, where everybody fields and bats, when and at which end they want to bowl.

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.

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.

I believe we should come down very firmly on the guilty without infringing the civil liberties of the innocent, like publishing mobile phone bills.

Seems to me the rules are loaded against batsmen. If bowlers show dissent after a near miss they never seem to get punished.

You should not be flat playing for your country.

When I see people like Pietersen bat, I wish that I'd freed up a bit as a batsman, but it's very easy to say now.

I enjoy India whenever I go and Sri Lankans are overwhelmingly friendly.

I like back-to-back Tests at the end of a series, without any county game in between. We know county cricket has no bearing on Test cricket.

It's not an issue for me if I captain England in 42 Tests or in 50. It's a question of what is best for the team in Test and one-day cricket.

I want to captain England in more Tests than anyone else.

I have applied to go to either Durham or Loughborough University to study Applied Physics and would like to get some qualification behind me. But when I do think about becoming professional Essex would be my first choice as I have been very happy playing and practising with them.

The Australians are a weird bunch - until the cricket starts they're really friendly, saying 'good luck' all the time, but the moment the cricket begins they have a real go at you.

You travel the world and you talk to people about Jos Buttler, and they rave about this lad. I don't like massive comments, but he'd have to be up there with the three or four greatest white-ball players of all time. You're talking Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni, Viv Richards.

Sometimes you don't realise what you've got, because it's right in front of you.

Sometimes when you're around a side you don't realise how good they are until you go away from home and they are a very fine team.