Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Dale Steyn
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a South African athlete Dale Steyn.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
Do I like being No. 1? Absolutely. Who doesn't?
I would love to be in quarantine with someone like Quinny de Kock. He is one of my favourite people in the world.
If you are just constantly doing the same thing, good batters can adjust.
I think the more common players who have been around for a while - Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad - those guys I know of, they're fantastic players.
Someone like Shane Warne played the game on and off the field really well and got into guys' heads. Even though he couldn't bounce you and hurt you physically, he was verbally aggressive and would let you know he'd get you out. He made batsmen doubt themselves. I learned from players like him and made a point of incorporating it into my own game.
Generally I don't say too much on the field. However, I am a fast bowler and with that comes the responsibility of saying a word or two and getting in a guy's face.
I've never chased records.
Form is difficult. You can't predict form, it is up and down for any player.
I want to play Test cricket until I die, seriously.
If you are playing in the right conditions, there is always motivation to bowl fast. If you are playing in the wrong condition then you want to be a batsman.
When I first started the biggest thing I wanted was for the opposition to acknowledge me.
If I'm only going to play one more match, I want to take a wicket with every ball, not try and defend a boundary.
Sport can take a back seat, your health is the most important.
Lord's is a special place. I used to love watching games there as a youngster and I've been fortunate enough to play a couple of games there.
Pace is the most important thing. That is the one thing that I have had throughout my whole career.
I think it's really difficult for women to be involved with sportsmen that travel, or men to be involved with men or women, whoever it may be.
There's so much in favor of batsmen these days. Fields are small, two new balls, powerplays, bats have got bigger than they used to be, the list can go on.
I have never gone into a competition wanting to lose. I have always gone in wanting to win.
Steve Smith is a marvelous player.
The more 'A' side cricket that can be played, it will keep the fringe of international cricket interested.
As long as I've got that urge and that fight and fire inside of me I'll continue and records will come and records will be broken. But the day I don't feel that kind of stuff I'm happy to walk away.
There have been a few times when I wondered if I was ever going to take a wicket, but you never give up.
It's important to get under your opponent's skin and let them know that you are coming for them out in the middle. When you do that, half the battle's won!
When I'm running in to bowl, I am always thinking of taking a wicket.
When I am off the field, I am the calm, very quiet kind of easy-sailing ocean, and then when I am on a hot streak with a cricket ball, I can be the most disastrous waters you have ever been in.
Once I step over that white line I become The Bowler.
It might sound very cocky or naive of me, or self-centered, but I want to win a World Cup for my country.
I come across as quite aggressive and quite in people's faces and everything like that, but I know where to draw the line.
I would love to win a trophy for South Africa in white ball cricket.
We spend on average 220 days of the year out of the country. It's a long time to be away from your family especially when your children are growing up.
Test matches are what really drive me to perform.
I very rarely get to enjoy doing nothing.
What inspiration will other fast bowlers have if they don't have anybody to inspire them to become fast bowlers.
It's terrible to consider never playing another Test again but what's more terrifying is the thought of never playing again at all.
The kind of fishing that I do is pretty much bass, trout or freshwater fishing.
When I bowled to batters like Michael Vaughan or Jacques Kallis who were classical, technically perfect, sound batters, I always found that I could get them out.
I think 'A' sides are extremely important, as close as you can get to international cricket. You are often playing against internationals from different countries and it definitely bridges the gap between our domestic game and international cricket.
When I made my one-day debut for South Africa I met some of the Aussies for the first time. We lost the game and when I shook the hands of players I just wanted them to look me in the eye and acknowledge I had competed.
I have started not to take things too seriously, loving life is my motto.
I mean everyone's always spoken about fast bowlers and especially myself as a strike bowler, but I look at myself as somebody who could hold down the runs, you know, over 200 games, I've taken a lot of wickets but I've got a pretty decent economy rate.
Every ball matters - if with the last ball the opposition need four to win, and you've gone for 96, can you get that out of your mind and bowl a dot ball and win the game?
Right from the start of my career I was surrounded by people like Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith, who gave 100 percent in every performance.
World class players don't become rubbish overnight, especially over one tour.
I want to bowl fast till I retire.
I never want to restrict myself and say I'm at my ultimate peak, I'm always looking to take myself to a higher level.
I don't know what it is about fast bowling. I guess it's the ability to do something that nobody else can really do.
I used to be grumpy. I am no more. I am old now. See my grey beards.
I don't want a new ball when I am bowling in the subcontinent. I want an old ball that can't get hit out of the ground. I want a ball that when I bowl doesn't have true bounce, so that the batsman can't hit it.
I will play until I can't play anymore.
I'm normally quite restrictive in the runs department.
That's a beautiful thing about India, they got such a big pool of players to call upon. If somebody gets injured, the replacements are generally pretty good.
South African cricket, we're pretty resilient.
I've never been bothered about being the highest wicket-taker in the world or the best South African bowler in the world.
In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.
Traditional cricket has gone out of the window. It's gone. T20 cricket has changed the game.
I don't think age matters. In cricket, if you have the skill, you can go on playing.
When you are in the company of greatness, there is only one thing to do: to raise your game.
For me, I need to bowl lots of overs in order to start getting back into form - much like a batsman needs to hit a lot of balls.
Normally if I am on holiday I'll be planning a fishing trip or a surfing trip.
When you're playing against a team like India you're always going to struggle, especially as they bat all the way down the order to No. 9 and 10.
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