Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Steve Smith - Page 2

It's the pinnacle of Australian cricket, playing in an Ashes series.

When I am out there I pay no attention to the crowd and just move on with playing the game.

I think you always need some luck when you score big runs.

I've faced a lot of short pitched bowling in my life and haven't had too many issues with it.

It did help having a lot of exposure to international cricket at such a young age. That showed me what I need to do to be successful at that level.

I think part of being a professional cricket player is being able to adapt to conditions.

I look at some of the best players around the world and sometimes I do try and bat like them.

People can talk about whatever they want, doesn't mean I have it in my head.

I'd love to play every game.

I remember Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell getting into me quite a bit. I don't think they really rated the way I played. But maybe I've changed their views now perhaps a little bit.

We want to be No.1 in all three formats.

I'll just do my own thing and just keep working hard to play hard.

I think the Australian public would love to see the best Australian team on the park for every game. It's difficult to do that with the schedule and how much we play.

I guess everyone is entitled their opinion and how they want to treat people, but it is water of a duck's back.

It was an amazing feeling to be able to win a World Cup and at home in Australia.

I think the higher you can bat in your Shield team, if you're doing well there the better off you're going to be for batting anywhere in the Test line-up or any of the line-ups.

People say I am a little bit weird with the way I go about things, it's a fine line.

I've always been one to want a fair contest between bat and ball even as a batter, so if that's taken away I don't think that's great.

I watch the game pretty closely and think of a few things that I'd do perhaps differently to what's going on and throw up ideas here and there as well.

When you're under pressure and your heart's pumping, you almost go back to what you know.

For me, it's about having energy in the field and making sure I'm having fun and making sure everyone else around is having fun, whether it be telling a joke or something like that. It's to make sure we're all upbeat and we're ready to go.

It's what I always wanted to do, play in the Australian side as a batsman.

A bit of a verbal challenge actually makes me switch on a bit more and gets me in for the fight.

When you're in good form and hitting the ball well you want to keep playing as much as you can and not have too much of a break.

I wear football socks and I actually tape my shoelaces to my socks. I don't like anything to be putting me off. I don't have an excuse of the shoelaces coming off.

The on-field stuff, setting fields, changing bowlers, that's the easy part. It's making sure all your players are on the same page with what your plans are and what you want from your players and the team. That's the biggest challenge and what you really need to get right if you want your team to be successful.

You can't score runs if you're sitting in the dressing room.

If you look at the best players around the world, they sum up what people are trying to do and adapt to it and are willing to change and have the confidence to change what they are doing to get the right outcome.

If I am bowling in a game, that means we're in trouble. So hopefully, it doesn't happen too often.

I have always self-coached. It's something that I am big on.

We don't go out there to try and lose games of cricket, we go out there to try and win and play the best way we can.

I don't like bowling that much. Every now and then, it's fine.

The thing for me is my defence: as long as my defence is in good order then I feel the rest of my game can expand from there.

I got rid of one bat tap I used to have as I was about to face up, and getting rid of that's made me more stable and able to get in better positions and play, particularly fast bowling, a lot easier.

I think and visualise before I play where people are likely to bowl to me and where I am likely to score and try to picture fields that are set and play things over in my mind, where I am going to get runs and how they are looking to get me out.

I've copied a bit of what AB de Villiers does. The way I go back and across to open myself up and set myself for the shots.

I'm not in the game for personal accolades. I'm here to do my job and score as many runs for the team as I can.

I have always seen myself more as a batsman than a bowler.

To be dropped is not a nice thing.

Look, I admire Virat a lot. He is an amazing player.