Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Steve Smith
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian cricketer Steve Smith.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I think I've been able to withstand pressure and know that things get easier and I think, when they've got easier, I've cashed in.
For me, it's about making sure the mental side of my game is in a good place; if it is, then it's just about backing your ability when you are out in the middle and doing what you can for the team.
With training for T20, I try to clear the fence a lot.
I love to speak to Brad Haddin, Simon Katich. All different people. Quality people with opinions I can trust.
During a Test match I am not a very good sleeper, mainly because I am visualising. Everything is positive. Nothing negative.
I've certainly had some difficult days. But it's OK to be vulnerable.
I actually think I play better with pressure, that extra pressure when the team needs something more and things like that.
I'm not a huge drinker.
I generally play spinners quite aggressively.
Obviously the safety and security of the players is the biggest concern.
I'd say that probably 95 per cent of batting is mental and decision-making.
I always had the belief in my ability. I just needed something to prove it to myself.
That's pretty important to me - to make sure I'm leading from the front.
I've just aimed to go out with a clear mind; to try not to premeditate my shots and if I'm going to play a few big shots I try to have a few deliveries under my belt first; have my eye in a bit better.
It depends upon the make-up of the team where I'm going to bat.
To be able to say I am an Ashes-winning captain... just hearing those words and saying them myself is pretty special.
In Australia you can be a little bit more attacking, in places on the subcontinent you've got to find ways to get batsmen out, you might have to bore them out.
I would call myself a cricket nuffie. I love watching cricket. But I've found other things in my life.
I don't like being back in the sheds, I prefer being out in the middle and just doing my thing.
It really gave me a lot of confidence to know that I could score runs against some really good bowlers.
My record probably is better when I'm captain than when I'm not. That sort of pressure doesn't really bother me.
I've played a lot of T20 cricket and know the game.
It's always tough playing India in India.
Obviously, I did not start my Test career too well. With the bat, I was probably not quite ready to play at that stage. I was happy to go back to first-class system and learn my game a bit more, honing my skills, particularly my defence and patience.
We like to play good, hard, tough, aggressive cricket when we're out in the field.
You want to keep getting better every day.
It's great to retain the Ashes but it just doesn't sit right with me when you don't win it.
I would have enjoyed playing some county cricket and learning my art that way, but I never had any ambitions at all to play for England, that's for sure.
I'm very hard on myself.
If it takes me 300 balls to get a 100, then it'll take me 300 balls. That'll also tire the bowlers quite a bit too, so it's a bit of a win-win if that's the case.
I don't like watching cricket, believe it or not.
My job is to score runs and hopefully I can continue to do that.
For me it's about being adaptable wherever we play.
I try to be as honest as I can and that's the best way to do things.
I am comfortable with five-days. I like the challenge of a five-day Test.
I've always dreamt of playing in a shield final with NSW and to win it and to be captain of the side, it's a great thrill.
I think that's the way we play our best cricket, when we're aggressive, we're in the fight together, we're hunting as a pack as one and we're working for each other and backing our mates up on the field. That's part of being an Australian, in my opinion.
Particularly when I'm batting, I don't really hear anything that's going on. I block it all out. Maybe a little bit when I'm fielding but then again, it's just words. It doesn't affect me. If people want to say things then go for it.
I've performed pretty well in the games I've captained Australia in and hopefully I can keep it up.
With the spin bowling, it's about landing the ball in the right area enough, trying to build enough pressure, not let the batters get away.
I think winning can become a bit of a habit.
When you've got off to a good start and you've got wickets in the shed you've got to keep trying to take the game on.
I just want to keep playing good cricket and winning games of cricket.
T20 certainly is great for innovation.
A Boxing Day Test match is a fantastic occasion.
There are a lot of carbs in beer.
Selectors are there to do a job. They pick what they see as best for the team.
It's nice to have someone to come home to and get the honest truth about all aspects of life.
You never know in T20 cricket. Anyone can have a day out and take the game away from you.
It depends on who's bowling, how is the wicket playing, how I gonna score and stuff like that or how people are trying to get me out, probably that determines how open I am or otherwise how closed I am.
I think everyone is vulnerable to a moving ball. It's about just trying to find a way to have a solid defence and a game plan that can work in those conditions.
I guess the thing with South Africa and Australia, the conditions are probably the two most similar around the world. The pace in the wickets are generally pretty similar, and the pace and bounce.
I generally have been a good player of spin.
There has been a lot of talk of the four-day Tests but I like five-days. I don't make the decisions of how it all works out but five-day Tests is what it is all about.
It's just about getting those runs on the board and the more I can do that, the more I can put my name up there.
Everyone makes mistakes; it's about the way you respond to it that's really important.
I don't like watching others batting and scoring runs I could be scoring. It is nice to see guys being successful but at the same time I want to be the one out there doing it.
In the shorter form of the game, I think I'm getting a lot smarter with the way I'm approaching my innings and also the way I read the game.
An Ashes series is huge for Australian cricketers - and English cricketers for that matter - and there's always that added pressure.
First and foremost I'm a batsman in the side and that's my job, to score runs.
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