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James Anderson
English
Athlete
Born:
Jul 30
,
1982
Cricket
First
Me
Time
Will
You
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Alastair Cook is one of my best pals.
James Anderson
Best
Cook
Pals
Andrew Strauss captained me through my purple patch.
James Anderson
Me
Andrew
Purple
Through
Patch
It's great when you can challenge yourself against the top players in tense situations. I've always enjoyed it.
James Anderson
Great
You
Yourself
Challenge
Top
Tense
Always
Situations
Against
Enjoyed
Players
Cricket often leaves you scratching your head.
James Anderson
You
Cricket
Head
Leaves
Often
Scratching
Your
I didn't watch a Test match live until I played in my first in 2003.
James Anderson
First
Live
Until
Match
Test
Played
Watch
Test cricket tests your ability as a cricketer but also bring out your true character.
James Anderson
Character
Cricket
Out
Ability
True
True Character
Also
Test
Tests
Your
Bring
Even at the age of 36, I'm always looking at ways to improve.
James Anderson
Age
Looking
Ways
Always
Improve
Even
A lot of teams see Lord's as a special place and up their games to try to get their names on the honours' board.
James Anderson
Try
Honours
See
Names
Lord
Lot
Up
Get
Place
Board
Games
Special
Teams
Special Place
Having two bowlers who can exceed 90 mph is a mouth-watering prospect - and something batsmen will not relish one bit.
James Anderson
Will
Bit
Relish
Something
Exceed
Having
Prospect
Who
Two
Part of the reason I fell in love with cricket was watching fast bowlers. They provide a sense of theatre with dramatic, ferocious spells and that applies as much in one-day cricket as in Tests.
James Anderson
Love
Theatre
Sense
Cricket
Dramatic
Spells
Part
Fell
Provide
Tests
Ferocious
Much
Reason
Fast
Watching
I remember my first meeting with Alastair Cook clearly. The entire Lancashire side, some of them pretty mild-mannered, really laid into him. He'd just scored a double-hundred for Essex against Australia in a warm-up match before the 2005 Ashes. For some reason, we all assumed he must be really arrogant.
James Anderson
Remember
First
Arrogant
Before
Assumed
Side
Meeting
Must
Some
Pretty
Entire
He
Clearly
Him
Match
Australia
Just
Laid
Against
Ashes
Them
Warm-Up
Really
Cook
Reason
I'll tell you something about Glenn McGrath - he was a much better bowler than me. This is not false modesty.
James Anderson
Me
You
Better
Tell
About
Something
He
Glenn
Bowler
False
False Modesty
Than
Modesty
Much
The time to think about personal achievement is at the end of your career.
James Anderson
Time
Achievement
Think
About
End
Personal
Personal Achievement
Your
Career
I've played in Test matches before after injury without first playing a county game or warm-up of some sort.
James Anderson
Game
First
Before
Some
County
Sort
Without
Matches
Test
After
Warm-Up
Injury
Played
Playing
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.
James Anderson
Me
Matter
Listening
First
Cricket
Back
TV
Tours
Sport
Matches
Got
Test
Were
Overseas
Grabbed
Hugely
Then
Really
Successful
England
Radio
Watching
When you're a kid, you dream about playing cricket for a living, playing for your county and then your country.
James Anderson
You
Country
Living
Cricket
Kid
Dream
About
County
Then
Your
Playing
As long as the body feels OK, I'm enjoying playing, helping the team improve and taking wickets, I'll keep going.
James Anderson
Long
OK
Taking
Feels
Improve
Going
Body
Team
Helping
Keep
Keep Going
Enjoying
Playing
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.
James Anderson
Time
Day
People
Long
Lose
Lost
Field
Once
Gym
Long Day
Retired
Spoken
Go
Going
Who
Enjoyment
For me, what works is keeping training short but with high intensity and then recovering well. Physio, massage, icing, things like that.
James Anderson
Me
Training
High
Recovering
Like
Massage
Well
Intensity
Short
Icing
Then
Works
Keeping
Things
Getting past 30 as a sportsman, the end could be just around the corner.
James Anderson
Past
Corner
Could
Sportsman
Around
End
Getting
Just
I'm very fortunate to have the body I have.
James Anderson
Very
Body
Fortunate
Milestones have never really meant a lot. They probably will mean more when I've finished playing and actually reflect on what I have achieved.
James Anderson
Will
Finished
Reflect
More
Never
Lot
Achieved
Mean
Really
Meant
Milestones
Actually
Playing
I'm enjoying playing. As long as that continues, I'll carry on playing as long as I can.
James Anderson
Long
Carry
Enjoying
Playing
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.
James Anderson
Success
World-Class
Out
Someone
Had
He
Him
Huge
Huge Amount
Against
Stands
Amount
Player
I just go out and try to help England win games.
James Anderson
Win
Try
Out
Go
Just
Games
Help
England
There is nothing quite like an Ashes trip Down Under.
James Anderson
Nothing
Down
Trip
Like
Quite
Ashes
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