The England and Sussex seamer has kept his counsel since his historic Twitter activity from 2012 and 2013 emerged during his Test debut last June
Ollie Robinson says he underwent a period of introspection after a series of historic racist and sexist Twitter posts emerged last summer.
The offensive messages came to light while he was making his England Test debut against New Zealand last June.
He was handed an eight-match ban - five of which are suspended for two years - fined £3,200 and submitted an apology for his actions from 2012 and 2013.
Nevertheless, Robinson enjoyed an impressive maiden international summer taking 28 wickets at 19.60.
Those displays have seen him named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year, alongside Rohit Sharma, Dane van Niekerk, Jasprit Bumrah and Devon Conway, an honour awarded on a one-off basis and based on performances during the English cricketing summer.
"When the tweets resurfaced. I felt like I was different already," Robinson told the Wisden Almanack.
"But I looked at myself and thought: ‘Do I still have those views? Am I still that person?’
"I might have turned a corner four or five years ago, but have I really got better? Are there bits of those tweets that are still in me?
"I was living a bit of a drunk life back then. My parents had divorced, and I was going out three or four times a week with my mates, joy-riding at night, living a different life to that person I feel I am now.
Robinson has suffered from fitness issues during the Ashes and in the Caribbean (Steve Bell/Getty Images)
"I understand why people were shocked."
On the backing given by teammates, he added: "It was nice I had their support. They told me that’s not who I am. I was having doubts – that I was the worst human ever."
Robinson's impressive start to Test cricket saw him included in the squad for the ill-fated Ashes series in Australia, which ended with a 4-0 drubbing.
But the Sussex seamer was among the few players to emerge with credit, taking 11 wickets in four Tests.
However, the rigours of the tour eventually caught up with Robinson with a series of back, shoulder and hamstring issues hindering him throughout. Further back problems would later see him miss all three West Indies Tests in March.
Bowling coach Jon Lewis publicly criticised Robinson's fitness, claiming "if he's going to perform consistently over a long period of time at this level, he will need to be a fitter bowler," and that conversations regarding his physical state had taken place.
"I know I need to be fitter to maintain spells at my ideal pace of 82, 83mph," he concedes.
"I get that little bit more off the wicket.
"If I can do that consistently for five days, instead of being 80, 81 the first two days, then 78 the last few, it would mean batters don’t feel they are getting as much relief."
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