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It's a huge honour to play my 100th Test, and I never in my life thought I'll be in this kind of position.
It's always been about the team; it's never been about myself.
It's always been the most important thing for me to enjoy my cricket.
It's important on any English wicket to leave well.
It's important to make sure your players have the mindset that playing international cricket is still the ultimate form of cricket.
It's never been about my own runs. If I can score as many as possible to get us into a position to win, then I'll be a very happy man.
It's never easy to lose. But life is not all sunshine and roses.
It's not really part of the game to say, 'Oh, it's a batter's game; it's a batter's game' - I don't know why it goes on. It's a beautiful game that's greatly competitive between bat and ball.
It's tough at slip. The ball doesn't come to you very often. So from that perspective, I enjoy keeping more - you're in the game the whole time.
Money wasn't the motivating factor in calling time on my international career and focusing on T20 cricket. If I was here to make as much money as I can, I would be playing 10 to 12 tournaments a year.
My mindset in all three formats, in any situation, is exactly the same. I just want to get myself in, get myself a nice foundation to hopefully attack and dominate the bowlers.
My personal goals have always and will always take a backseat to the team.
Nothing comes close to the IPL, to be honest.
Obviously I want to be there at the end every time, winning games for the team.
Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.
Playing at the highest level alongside your friends, scoring runs for your country are things that I look back and go, 'Ah, I miss that a little bit,' but there's a lot I don't miss. I don't miss 90 per cent of it.
Sometimes you don't quite realise what you have achieved until you look back.
Test cricket is the ultimate challenge.
The fear of failing... not quite the fear of failing, but the uncertainty of whether you are going to perform or not, is there every single game I have played in my life. It will always be there.
The interests of the team must always outweigh the interests of any individual, including me.
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