Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Ben Stokes - Page 2

There has always been sledging in cricket.

You can't be happy about anything after a 5-0 loss.

It's a cliche but I would rather be involved in a winning team than have good figures.

You can't just be letting certain people get away with certain things and not others.

I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.

Getting the opportunity to captain England is a huge honour - even if it's only the once you can still say 'yeah, I've captained England.'

Jofra makes any team better. He is the most naturally gifted bowler I've seen and I don't think he realises how good he is. Some of the things he can do at the click of a finger are just 'wow.' It's pretty special to watch.

Being able to work with specialist coaches in Twenty20 cricket, I think my bowling has gone up another level.

I sort of know my role with the ball but with the bat I've been up and down the order quite a few times.

You can do well one day and then not do well the other and you are not as good as everyone says.

It's not as if I ever left the pitch thinking 'I wish I'd given a bit more today.' You were always going to get everything from me.

I now know in myself not to punch lockers.

I love playing against these guys who have the same attitude to the game that I have.

As a kid I lost my temper quite easily and tended to look away from the game itself. Now I know how to manage that and get the best out of myself.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

You do what you have to do to get an advantage.

Sometimes you feel fine. You might have a day when you feel awful about what's going to happen in the game. It ebbs and flows. Just embrace it.

Cricket and family are my life.

I've been up and down the order. I'm just happy to get a game and wherever I'm told to bat or told to bowl I'll do it.

I'm always looking to learn and am never happy with how I am going. I think once you get comfortable with what you are offering it is dangerous territory to be in.

Everyone goes through bad form but it does end.

We shouldn't be too critical of players if they do have lean patches.

Being the player who wants to impact every game is what I've always tried to be.

I am always trying to get better as a player, no matter how things are going, always trying to expand my game and look into how I can hit more areas or bowl different balls or whatever it is.

As professional sportsmen at the top of the game we do have worries. We do think of the worst and that's absolutely fine. There's no weakness in feeling like that.

I don't know how you work on concentration. You are either born with it or you're not. And I was definitely not born with it.

I've got a lot of traits from my dad's side.

I don't need to be going out reverse-sweeping for six and four straightaway. Singles can be just as important as boundaries, rotating the strike and not letting the bowlers settle.

I am never happy with where I'm at and I never like to feel like I'm comfortable. I like making everything a little bit harder so that when it comes to the game it can feel a little easier.

I'm not necessarily a form player, more of an in-the-moment player.

Players are under such pressure in crucial moments, especially at the highest level with what is on the line.

I'll have a few pints the night before a match.

You just keep your feet on the floor. I never feel I get too high and I never feel I get too low about things. Everyone else may deal with things like that differently but that is just how I go about it.

I just love being involved in the game and the high-pressure situations and it probably brings the best out of me.

I think sometimes I have been drawn into trying to be too aggressive too early. I have learnt that I can give myself time.

I'd rather be remembered as a player who came on and impacted a lot of games for England. If I ever take a selfish thought-process of, 'I'm doing this for myself,' then things will be seriously wrong.

For anyone to question our fight or desire I think is wrong. They should know how much it means to play for England - how much to wear the Three Lions on your chest.

I'm not going to hate anybody who beats me. But. I. Just. Don't. Like. Losing.

Playing for England is always the main priority.

I don't want to look back on my career and say, 'I wish I'd averaged this or that.'