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I love living in London but I would like to buy a place in Dubai and spend a few months of the year out there.

The hardest thing is that you can't trust people now. You just can't.

I have no interest in anyone who wants to criticise me, or doesn't like me despite never having met me.

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

I always say that things are meant to be and everything happens for a reason, so I don't have any regrets.

Everyone is into male grooming.

It's the weight of expectation that's the hardest to deal with, really, from my point of view.

I am very driven.

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible.

I change, like every single normal person.

I need to rein myself in sometimes.

I'd like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.

I'm not a robot.

An achilles, if it doesn't heal right, there could be a danger of not playing again.

I love England and I love cricket.

I am who I am, in terms of shooting from the hip occasionally.

A good four to six weeks is about right for a proper break.

I can never sit still for five minutes.

During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.

Big players want to play in front of big audiences.

I get along fine with the press.

I have some real big goals with England.

I have never been racist.

I don't feel sorry for myself.

I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.

I'm a very proud person.

I'm as hungry as ever.

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

I think I had about a month off when I broke my rib in Australia, which was magnificent.

I'm always on my guard now.

I've realised I can be happy.

In the past I've thrown my wicket away on certain occasions.

I'm very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England.

I've had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It's the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.

India buzzes for its players and that makes you feel special.

It's not fun facing a ball going 97 mph, trust me.

It's tough being me.

Look, I've heard a lot of people talk about me, they say I'm like Marmite. They like me, or they don't like me.

It's quite hard when you do fail and you don't achieve what you want to achieve.

Leaving South Africa was very difficult.

My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time.

Once you have the support of the lads around you, you can't ask for any more.

No one in their right mind would turn down the contracts I've been offered.

The England team is a team that never, ever stops.

People do write books.

The only way to get a three to four-month break would be to tear a tendon or a hamstring or something like that.

These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years.

I hate these reality TV shows where people walk off Big Brother and think they're A-list celebrities when they've done nothing in their lives, it really does my head in.

There's so many differences of opinion in the papers.

When I was single I went out a lot. I don't go out all that often now.