Jonathan Agnew Quotes

There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against - Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

I'm expecting big things from our bowlers, from Peter Siddle, who plays the enforcer role, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee when he gets fit again. In batting, there's Phil Hughes, whose already done well for Australia and scored hundreds for Middlesex.

The likes of Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have done well, and so has Jasprit Bumrah in shorter formats.

I do enjoy batting - if the bowling's not quick!

What makes the bravery of the men and women of the FBI so special is that they know exactly what they're in for. They spend weeks and weeks in an academy learning just how hard and dangerous this work is. Then they raise their right hands and take an oath and do that work anyway.

I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can.

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work. I love to write.

I've been part of a team and leader of the team. But wherever I've been, I've worked as if that was the only opportunity I had. I've never looked beyond that.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

If you don't play with intensity in this league, you're going to get embarrassed. Without hard work, you don't have a chance.

I don't think about anything other than focusing at Real Madrid.

In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.

It was my wish to play in the challenging conditions in Australia. I love the bounce there.

You pay attention to detail. You try to win every time. You play tough. And when you play the right way and be accountable to each other, you're going to have success and enjoy the game that much more.

I've always wanted to play Test cricket from a young age and that's what you dream about. But you have to make sure you can contribute regardless of the format.

Life is tough, and things don't always work out well, but we should be brave and go on with our lives.

I feel I can channelise my aggression to the right thing and be a good bowler, a world class bowler.

You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.

When I am doing something I give it 100 per cent. I work on it, do it and go onto the next thing.

I don't have anything to do but get in the cage and show my work and wait for my time.

But the guy who got hit and still tried to get in line, then gets hit again, that's the guy I will take with me on the field every day.

Literally, from the moment I wake up from the moment I go to sleep, I'm just working without distraction. It's just the way I'm wired.

Once the shooting starts, we don't mind whether it is 43 degrees plus or minus 6 degrees: we just keep working.