Top 69 Quotes & Sayings by Jonny Bairstow - Page 2

Every young cricketer from our county dreams of playing for Yorkshire and going on to represent England.

I think 'chuffed to bits' is a very Yorkshire way of describing my feelings for my friend and county team-mate Joe Root on his promotion to England captain.

If someone who doesn't know anything about wicketkeeping finds a reason to criticise, you have to sift it out. It's about working out how to deal with the criticism while improving your game.

I really enjoy being in the game for every single ball.

But put it this way: if I have a bad day keeping, I know I can put it right with the bat, and vice versa. When it all comes together, happy days.

I played fly-half in rugby, so I could influence the game, and midfield in hockey too. So it is part of my sporting DNA to want to be in the game at all times, to affect what is going on. That's down to genetics and being ginger, I reckon. We're special specimens.

I've always said I don't mind where I bat and I have exactly the same mindset when I'm batting seven as I would at five.

Life without cricket was initially harder for my dad than playing the game for Yorkshire and England had ever been. He missed it, and also the adrenaline pump of a performance.

As a youngster, you take a lot of things to heart, so you have to learn to trust yourself.