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I mean everyone's always spoken about fast bowlers and especially myself as a strike bowler, but I look at myself as somebody who could hold down the runs, you know, over 200 games, I've taken a lot of wickets but I've got a pretty decent economy rate.

Dale Steyn

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Once I step over that white line I become The Bowler.

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

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

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I could bowl really fast and as the years went on I started to develop more skills - I learnt how to swing the ball a little bit, use the crease a little bit more. But I knew what my skill was and that was to run in and bowl fast.

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

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I think the more common players who have been around for a while - Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad - those guys I know of, they're fantastic players.

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I want to bowl fast till I retire.

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I have started not to take things too seriously, loving life is my motto.

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I've never chased records.

Records Record Never

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

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The kind of fishing that I do is pretty much bass, trout or freshwater fishing.

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I mean everyone's always spoken about fast bowlers and especially myself as a strike bowler, but I look at myself as somebody who could hold down the runs, you know, over 200 games, I've taken a lot of wickets but I've got a pretty decent economy rate.

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When I am off the field, I am the calm, very quiet kind of easy-sailing ocean, and then when I am on a hot streak with a cricket ball, I can be the most disastrous waters you have ever been in.

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You got to be street smart I suppose when you bowl in India. You can't bowl at the same pace at the same place. Guys will work you out.

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I'm lucky because not only do I have the chance to experience the thrill of winning, but I also get to bowl really fast. Those two things are the best feelings in the world, better than any drugs - not that I've tried any.

Experience Chance World

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That's a beautiful thing about India, they got such a big pool of players to call upon. If somebody gets injured, the replacements are generally pretty good.

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World class players don't become rubbish overnight, especially over one tour.

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If you are playing in the right conditions, there is always motivation to bowl fast. If you are playing in the wrong condition then you want to be a batsman.

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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.

Tired Tire Test

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

Great Worry Whether

There have been a few times when I wondered if I was ever going to take a wicket, but you never give up.

There's a lot of guys who can bowl 150 km/h when you give them the ball when they're fresh in the morning, but can they do it late in the afternoon when it's boiling hot and they're bowling their 20th over for the day? I want to be able to do that and I want to be the only guy who is able to do that.

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

If you want to bowl a yorker, you have to land it; if you want to bowl a bouncer you have to be on the money.

Form is difficult. You can't predict form, it is up and down for any player.

It's important to get under your opponent's skin and let them know that you are coming for them out in the middle. When you do that, half the battle's won!

South African cricket, we're pretty resilient.

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.

I would love to be in quarantine with someone like Quinny de Kock. He is one of my favourite people in the world.

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

I very rarely get to enjoy doing nothing.

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.

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

I don't want a new ball when I am bowling in the subcontinent. I want an old ball that can't get hit out of the ground. I want a ball that when I bowl doesn't have true bounce, so that the batsman can't hit it.

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

With my work schedule, it's difficult for me to spend quality time with my dogs. But whenever I'm home, I make it a point to spend as much time as possible with my dogs.

Normally if I am on holiday I'll be planning a fishing trip or a surfing trip.

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

Test matches are what really drive me to perform.

Someone like Shane Warne played the game on and off the field really well and got into guys' heads. Even though he couldn't bounce you and hurt you physically, he was verbally aggressive and would let you know he'd get you out. He made batsmen doubt themselves. I learned from players like him and made a point of incorporating it into my own game.

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

I used to be grumpy. I am no more. I am old now. See my grey beards.

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

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.

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

Generally I don't say too much on the field. However, I am a fast bowler and with that comes the responsibility of saying a word or two and getting in a guy's face.

Do I like being No. 1? Absolutely. Who doesn't?

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

I think 'A' sides are extremely important, as close as you can get to international cricket. You are often playing against internationals from different countries and it definitely bridges the gap between our domestic game and international cricket.

When I first started the biggest thing I wanted was for the opposition to acknowledge me.