Dale Steyn

Athlete

100 Quotes

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.

I've never been bothered about being the highest wicket-taker in the world or the best South African bowler in the world.

It might sound very cocky or naive of me, or self-centered, but I want to win a World Cup for my country.

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.

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.

South African cricket, we're pretty resilient.

I have never been a stats person.

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.

I come across as quite aggressive and quite in people's faces and everything like that, but I know where to draw the line.

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.

I would love to win a trophy for South Africa in white ball cricket.

The biggest relief off my shoulders was when I retired from Test cricket and I knew I didn't have to bowl 40 overs in a Test anymore.

If you're not going to the World Cup expecting to win, then you probably shouldn't go.

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.

In South Africa, we kind of like looking for things that unite people in big, big groups.

Sport can take a back seat, your health is the most important.

If I wanted to do anything in the coaching world, I would probably need to upskill myself.

I've never chased records.

From the moment I became an established international cricketer I always had a strong feeling that I should be doing some 'good' while I had that profile, using it to try and make a difference.

Conditions are always different here in Durban. Especially different from Johannesburg.

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