Athlete

I love keeping. I'm in the game all the time. I see angles that I wouldn't normally see, and I feel part of what the captain does.

I will always be grateful to the coaches and staff of Cricket South Africa for their support through all these years.

I'm not the kind of guy who cares how many hundreds I've scored.

I don't really like attention too much.

Winning an official World Cup with the South African team had become my burning ambition.

The fear of failing... not quite the fear of failing, but the uncertainty of whether you are going to perform or not, is there every single game I have played in my life. It will always be there.

I've always been a people pleaser.

My mindset in all three formats, in any situation, is exactly the same. I just want to get myself in, get myself a nice foundation to hopefully attack and dominate the bowlers.

I was brought up to always see the glass half full instead of half empty and played my cricket that way.

It was a bit of a surprise when the national captaincy came my way.

You've got to be able to work hard. There must be inner drive that you want to be the best in the world at what you do.

You represent your country - that's the biggest honour ever. I had the privilege of doing that for more than 14 years.

I will always be grateful to the coaches and staff of Cricket South Africa for their support through all these years.

The interests of the team must always outweigh the interests of any individual, including me.

I rest a bit more when I keep. The only thing I have to look after is my back and using different muscle groups.

In all kinds of sports, you have to get the confidence going within before you can start proving people wrong or right.

If you don't learn, especially if you are not playing well, then you are not going to move forward as a team.

It's always been the most important thing for me to enjoy my cricket.

Far from being a mere consequence of winning, strong team spirit is an essential ingredient of sporting success; it comes before, not afterwards.

I've always been a people pleaser.