We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.
Now I am seen as a successful cricketer, but the fact is that I have had more failure than success.
When I get on the pitch I have to make sure I am getting hundreds and taking six-fors.
Growing up in Rochdale, I think, all the kids in my street, pretty much every boy was playing cricket. I had four brothers as well, and we played a lot together. When it was just me on my own, I was bowling at a drainpipe.
I think a lot when I'm on my own - and much of it is about cricket.
In terms of pace, every captain wants pace in their attack.
I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.
I've enjoyed the captaincy when I've done it at Middlesex and with England.
Til the day I didn't play under-19 World Cup, nobody ever celebrated my birthday. And the moment I played for Indian team, my family got excited and ordered and cut a cake for me in front of 40-50 family members.
I'm a bit undercooked when it comes to keeping in Test cricket, but I've had a lot of experience in T20 and ODIs for my country, and my keeping has improved a lot.
When I was 11 I was scouted by the Thames Valley under-21s. It was really daunting. I was scared for my life when I went in to bat. The first ball hit me on the leg, the second ball got me out, so it wasn't great but it made me stronger.
I needed to step back from cricket, international cricket in particular, just to get away from the scrutiny and intensity of everything. I love it but it was too much for me.
I wish I'd done better for England. I only played three Tests and three One Day internationals. You have to take your chances and, for whatever reason, I didn't.
A disciplined, patient, defensive period in a Test match is not old fashioned and boring - it's essential.
I was a sportsman and played cricket all my life.
It's really important to have your escape away from cricket, whatever that is for the individual. I enjoy my time away from the game, that really refreshes me and lets me get excited for when I do go back in and play.
When Pakistan beat England at cricket, my Pakistani cousins remind me how English and British I am. When they say, 'You're one of the Queen's advisers,' for them it's, 'Wow - anything's possible in the U.K.'
It's flattering to be compared to Kohli. He is very consistent, and his mindset is very good. He gives his 100 per cent every time he walks out to bat.
Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.
When you're playing against a team like India you're always going to struggle, especially as they bat all the way down the order to No. 9 and 10.
There is no reason why cricket shouldn't be the number one alternative to football. And at a time when there are obvious divisions in society, cricket has a great role to play in bringing people together from all sorts of diverse backgrounds and faiths.
I don't think any bowler can trouble me much.
The atmosphere and the first days of Test matches against Australia are incredible.
I usually don't get much free time. Cricket keeps me busy, and I like it that way.
I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.
