Cricket Quotes by Dale Steyn

I want to play Test cricket until I die, seriously.

— Dale Steyn

South African cricket, we're pretty resilient.

— Dale Steyn

I still don't know why batsmen are taking so much time to figure me out.

— Dale Steyn

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

— Dale Steyn

I enjoy taking wickets more than most people can understand. I'm addicted to that feeling.

— Dale Steyn

I love playing cricket. I wake up every morning and I can't see myself doing anything else.

— Dale Steyn

Test matches are what really drive me to perform.

— Dale Steyn

When I'm running in to bowl, I am always thinking of taking a wicket.

— Dale Steyn

But I love bowling in India, the grounds are quite flat whereas in South Africa you feel you are running uphill.

— Dale Steyn

I want to be a good cricketer, but I am a person first and a cricketer second. I won't always be a…

— Dale Steyn

The more 'A' side cricket that can be played, it will keep the fringe of international cricket interested.

— Dale Steyn

Great fast bowlers don't have to worry about whether the track is flat or green. They'll find a way to get wickets.

— Dale Steyn

If I'm only going to play one more match, I want to take a wicket with every ball, not try and defend…

— Dale Steyn

In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.

— Dale Steyn

If you are playing in the right conditions, there is always motivation to bowl fast. If you are playing in the wrong…

— Dale Steyn

You got to be street smart I suppose when you bowl in India. You can't bowl at the same pace at the…

— Dale Steyn

When I am off the field, I am the calm, very quiet kind of easy-sailing ocean, and then when I am on…

— Dale Steyn

I mean everyone's always spoken about fast bowlers and especially myself as a strike bowler, but I look at myself as somebody…

— Dale Steyn

From the moment I became an established international cricketer I always had a strong feeling that I should be doing some 'good'…

— Dale Steyn

In South Africa, you can get away sometimes because of the bounce. You may get away with full wide balls. In India,…

— Dale Steyn

I don't want a new ball when I am bowling in the subcontinent. I want an old ball that can't get hit…

— Dale Steyn

It's something that I've wanted to do for a while, play Big Bash. Unfortunately representing the Proteas for the bulk of my…

— Dale Steyn

Someone like Shane Warne played the game on and off the field really well and got into guys' heads. Even though he…

— Dale Steyn

I think 'A' sides are extremely important, as close as you can get to international cricket. You are often playing against internationals…

— Dale Steyn

I don't think age matters. In cricket, if you have the skill, you can go on playing.

— Dale Steyn

The workload with Test cricket was too much as I want to extend my career for as long as I can.

— Dale Steyn

It's enough to play for South Africa and take wickets for South Africa, and then I managed to get 400. I never…

— Dale Steyn

Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock were my heroes, so I thought averaging 22 or 23 and taking five-wicket hauls was normal.

— Dale Steyn

Traditional cricket has gone out of the window. It's gone. T20 cricket has changed the game.

— Dale Steyn

With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be…

— Dale Steyn

When I bowled to batters like Michael Vaughan or Jacques Kallis who were classical, technically perfect, sound batters, I always found that…

— Dale Steyn

The biggest relief off my shoulders was when I retired from Test cricket and I knew I didn't have to bowl 40…

— Dale Steyn

I would love to bowl 160 km/h. Any fast bowler would love to do that. But for me that is almost impossible.

— Dale Steyn

The thing I've got to concentrate on for South Africa is bowling at good pace and if the ball is in the…

— Dale Steyn

If you're playing Test cricket you could bowl 20 overs in a day. I could play about five T20s in that space.

— Dale Steyn

There's so much in favor of batsmen these days. Fields are small, two new balls, powerplays, bats have got bigger than they…

— Dale Steyn

I don't know what it is about fast bowling. I guess it's the ability to do something that nobody else can really…

— Dale Steyn

It's terrible to consider never playing another Test again but what's more terrifying is the thought of never playing again at all.

— Dale Steyn

For me, I need to bowl lots of overs in order to start getting back into form - much like a batsman…

— Dale Steyn

AB de Villiers is probably my favorite cricketer, he is an incredible batter and a good friend.

— Dale Steyn