You cannot treat someone differently just because they have become captain. We still took the mickey out of Alastair Cook when he was in charge. You have to treat them first and foremost as a team-mate.

I understand that when a player reaches his mid-thirties, and has a few injuries, people start to question how long he can last.

The more I can get into my brain the more I can produce on the field.

An inswinger - that gets an lbw or bowled - after a few outswingers is always very pleasing.

I just go out and try to help England win games.

Hashim Amla is someone that stands out. He's a world-class player and I have not had a huge amount of success against him.

I'm enjoying playing. As long as that continues, I'll carry on playing as long as I can.

I will try to keep going as long as I can. I'd love to play until the age of 40 - it will be interesting to see if I can do that.

I played at Lancashire when Glen Chapple was 40 to 41 and he was as good as he ever was then.

I'm very fortunate to have the body I have.

Getting past 30 as a sportsman, the end could be just around the corner.

Being away so much makes you treasure those moments you are at home, spending time with your family.

As a cricketer you can go under the radar. It's not like we're footballers who get papped everywhere. I can go down to the corner shop without getting hassled.

I very rarely get recognised in the street.

I know my game really well and I'm relatively comfortable in most situations.

I've spoken to people who have retired once they lost the enjoyment of a long day in the field or going to the gym. If I lose that, it's time to go.

As long as the body feels OK, I'm enjoying playing, helping the team improve and taking wickets, I'll keep going.

A competitive edge has helped me through my career.

When you're a kid, you dream about playing cricket for a living, playing for your county and then your country.

I first got into cricket by watching Test matches on TV and listening to overseas tours on the radio. The sport really grabbed me - and it didn't matter that England weren't hugely successful back then.

I've played in Test matches before after injury without first playing a county game or warm-up of some sort.

I've spent most of my life watching fast bowlers - initially as a kid on TV and later in the flesh when I started playing top-level cricket.

You so often see bowlers pick out a lovely new ball from the bag at nets and it looks great when it swings in the air and nips off the seam with batsmen playing and missing. But you have to simulate match situations. What about when the ball is 60 overs old, the sun is blazing down, the pitch is flat and there's not a hint of movement?

I'll tell you something about Glenn McGrath - he was a much better bowler than me. This is not false modesty.