Alastair Cook Quotes

Many people have helped me during my career and without them and fantastic team-mates and coaches it would not have been possible to achieve all that I have.

I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy to be selected for this mission.

I considered myself very lucky after 'Baghdad Cafe,' and I have 'The Shield.' In every genre, I've kicked butt at some point. I'm real happy.

It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.

Our publicist at Warner Brothers is a young guy who has worked so hard for seven years with us and when we saw him backstage he broke down and cried. He couldn't believe it happened. It was seeing him so overcome when we realised how much it really meant.

There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.

You know no one ever accomplishes something like this without a lot of help from good people along the way. And this is certainly true in my case, and I would like to thank some of those people.

It's a tremendous honor. It really is a privilege, not just a right. You're in the NFL and you wear the shield now. It means the world to me; it really is a special feeling, and my family's gotten a real kick out of it.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.

My mum's amazing - every time I achieve something in my career, she buys me a diamond earring.

Scoring goals is the best feeling you can have. I always look up at the stand for my family straight afterwards; it means everything to me that they travel to every game.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I'm blessed to have a little bit of success in football.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

There was a moment when I was watching Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in 'Badboys' that I felt, you know, inspired. I don't know if I was proud, because so many people do the work. Everyone's part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.

I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!

I'm the leading scorer in the cup, and that's lovely, but don't forget this is also a great moment for the whole squad, when the two things coincide you can't ask for more.

Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.

To be recognized for the hard work my team and I put into 'Starboy' is an honor.

The disgraces I suffer should be attributed to me, but the praises that I get go to my family and teachers. It is they who decided what I would become.

Matt McGinn and Taylor Phillips played a big part in getting me where I am.

It always surprises me and always makes me proud when I see people that I know I worked with at the house in the basement on TV being superstars.

Obviously, if you win a trophy, like I won when I was a player, it's a moment to celebrate. For me - this is my mentality, and I don't want to say it's right or wrong - I love to celebrate in private and not make it public. I love to celebrate the things with your team-mates.

When you can celebrate with your teammates on just a major accomplishment, there's nothing better.

I just felt proud of being able to tell my mom that 'Ye reached out. He saw that I built on my own with a small team.