Quotes from Nasser Hussain

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.

I admire anyone who can show they can dig deep. Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia, people who are obviously mentally strong. Or Graham Thorpe. He is your fighter. He's the kid who is bullied at school but will stand up in a fight when it matters.

I went to Spain with my brother when I was about 17. We stayed near Barcelona and it was terrible. There were floods and I ended up missing my flight home.

From the age of eight until 15 or 16, every time I was out bowling leg spin I was thinking about my dad and when you've done that it stays with you. There are lots of things he did which enabled me to be the player that I was. It wasn't me that wanted to be a cricketer. He made me 90 per cent of the player I was and the person I was.

Normally I don't sleep much during a Test match.

There are lots of places I would love to go to in Europe and North America.

Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting are anything but conventional, and you can't frown on Steve Waugh for playing his slog-sweep because it's so effective.

Everyone should be decisive about what's best for them and stick to it.

Pujara is not fashionable, he's very much old-fashioned - he's not great between the wickets and he's not a modern, extravagant, in-your-face character like Kohli, Dhawan or Pandya.

My philosophy is to respect the opposition off the field and play it as tough as possible on it.

As a player you always feel the pressure and as a team you are always trying to make sure the opposition are under it.

There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.

Edgbaston is a ground where you have to think on your feet because it can vary so much from season to season or session to session.

At the end of my career I always wanted to look back and know that I had given it my absolute best.

I admired Stephen Fleming.

Above all, I want to captain England in more Test victories than anybody else.

Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.