Quotes by Ab De Villiers - Page 2

I don't know how I'm gonna pick up a bat again. I just need to be away for a bit and play with my dogs.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Bats
Dog
Play
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I accept that it is not always moonshine and roses, and you can't expect things must always go your way.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Moonshine
Roses
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I was brought up to always see the glass half full instead of half empty and played my cricket that way.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Cricket
Empty
Half Full
Glass
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From a personal standpoint, my ability to play all around the wicket is more mindset than anything else.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Ability
Mindset
Standpoint
Anything More Than
Anything Else
Personal
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It's a huge honour to play my 100th Test, and I never in my life thought I'll be in this kind of position.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Honour
Life My Life Never
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When I'm fielding at point, I'm running all over that field, and I'm really tired by the end of the innings.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Running
Tired
Over
Innings
Point
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If you don't learn, especially if you are not playing well, then you are not going to move forward as a team.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Move Forward
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I rest a bit more when I keep. The only thing I have to look after is my back and using different muscle groups.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Groups
Muscle
Rest
The Only Thing
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I know Test cricket is more about endurance. T20 is more about innovating, creating, and the energy at the wicket.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Creating
Endurance
Test
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For my part, I am not a great believer in bad luck on the cricket field, in business - in fact, in any walk of life.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Business
Great
Bad Luck
Believer
Cricket
Luck
Life Business Great
Am
Any
Bad
Part
Fact
Field
Great Believer
Walk
In Fact
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I will always be grateful to the coaches and staff of Cricket South Africa for their support through all these years.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Be Grateful
Coaches
Cricket
South Africa
Staff
Always Will Grateful
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You represent your country - that's the biggest honour ever. I had the privilege of doing that for more than 14 years.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Honour
Privilege
Represent
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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.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Best Work World
Drive
Inner
Work Hard
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In all kinds of sports, you have to get the confidence going within before you can start proving people wrong or right.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Confidence
Proving
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If you pick up that information, the first metre or two, the ball coming out of the hand, you can analyse what's coming.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Analyse
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Yes, I would have loved to win it, but I have great memories from World Cups. The 2007 tournament - my first - was very special.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Cups
Great Memories
Tournament
World Cups
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I like to entertain the crowd. Personally I like to entertain my team-mates first, but when the crowd gets going, it is amazing.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Entertain
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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.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Love Time Feel
Love Time Game
Angles
Game
Captain
Normally
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It's important to make sure your players have the mindset that playing international cricket is still the ultimate form of cricket.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Cricket
International
Mindset
Ultimate
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I often speak about tennis being one of the most important sports when I was growing up, for my hand-eye coordination and quick feet.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Sports
Coordination
Feet
Growing Up
Tennis
Quick
The Most Important
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It's never been about my own runs. If I can score as many as possible to get us into a position to win, then I'll be a very happy man.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Happy Man
Score
Runs
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It will never be much fun until a Proteas team finally goes out and wins one of these ICC limited-overs tournaments. That will happen one day.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Tournaments
Wins
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It's tough at slip. The ball doesn't come to you very often. So from that perspective, I enjoy keeping more - you're in the game the whole time.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Slip
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Far from being a mere consequence of winning, strong team spirit is an essential ingredient of sporting success; it comes before, not afterwards.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Consequence
Mere
Team Spirit
Afterwards
Ingredient
Strong Team
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After 114 Test matches, 228 ODIs, and 78 T20 Internationals, it is time for others to take over. I have had my turn, and to be honest, I am tired.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Honest
Tired
Matches
Test
To Be Honest
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We want to swing the ball as much as we can. We try and get it to reverse, putting more sweat on one side and things like that. But we don't cheat.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Sweat
More Try Things
Swing
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There are big tournaments going on around the world, and some of them you cannot ignore because, financially, they make a huge difference in our lives.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Huge
Our Lives
Tournaments
Difference
Financially
Huge Difference
Ignore
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As a captain, I can't make the same mistake twice. As a player, you can get away with that, but if the captain does that, then it affects the whole team.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Affects
Captain
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I'll do whatever it takes for us to win games of cricket. If I have to sledge, I'll get involved like that. I'll try and intimidate a player if I have to.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Cricket
Intimidate
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In my heart, international cricket is the way forward. That's where you want to play; that's where the pressure really lies. That's where you make your name.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Cricket
International
Pressure
Forward
Lies
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I try and watch the ball closely. I've played the game for many years now, and I know my talent will take over if I just watch the ball and enjoy myself out there.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Talent
Ball
Closely
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I'm a bit undercooked when it comes to keeping in Test cricket, but I've had a lot of experience in T20 and ODIs for my country, and my keeping has improved a lot.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Cricket
Improved
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An IPL match may be decided when the ball passes inches beyond the grasp of a fielder on the boundary or when a direct hit catches a batsman inches short of the crease.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Inches
Boundary
Grasp
Passes
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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.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Mindset
Situation
Attack
Dominate
Exactly
Exactly The Same
Formats
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I'm not a nice guy on the field, and I've never really respected a guy who's been a 'nice guy' on the field. I want opposition to be hard, to play to win the game for their team.
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Nice Guy
Game Win Never
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I truly believe that players who tell you they don't feel the pressure of international cricket, of being away from home for months at a time, are lying to everyone and themselves.
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Cricket
Lying
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It's not really part of the game to say, 'Oh, it's a batter's game; it's a batter's game' - I don't know why it goes on. It's a beautiful game that's greatly competitive between bat and ball.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Ball
Bat
Batter
Competitive
Greatly
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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.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Failing
Uncertainty
Life Fear Always
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I've made peace with the fact that the World Cup will not define me. Yes, it would be nice to add that to what's been a very enjoyable career, but I know it won't define me as a person or cricketer.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Add
Enjoyable
World Cup
Peace World Me
Be Nice
Cup
Define
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Money wasn't the motivating factor in calling time on my international career and focusing on T20 cricket. If I was here to make as much money as I can, I would be playing 10 to 12 tournaments a year.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Calling
Cricket
International
Tournaments
As Much Money
Factor
Focusing
Motivating
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Playing at the highest level alongside your friends, scoring runs for your country are things that I look back and go, 'Ah, I miss that a little bit,' but there's a lot I don't miss. I don't miss 90 per cent of it.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Little Bit
Ah
Alongside
Bit
Miss
Cent
Highest Level
Per
Runs
Scoring
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I announced my retirement from international cricket in May 2018 because I wanted to reduce my workload and spend more time with my wife and young sons. Some have insisted I was motivated purely by money. They are wrong.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Cricket
International
Motivated
Retirement
Announced
Time Money May
Insisted
Purely
Reduce
Sons
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There's a lot of reasons I had to move on. Family's definitely a big part of it. And the longevity of my career - I played for 15 years, and I was just tired of the whole international scene. It's quite busy. Very stressful.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Busy
International
Longevity
Scene
Stressful
Tired
Big Part
Move On
Reasons
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I watch the ball, and I just play. I have always said that I don't feel there's a big difference between the three formats. It is just a mindset, applying yourself to the wicket and conditions, and that's always been the way that I have played.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Conditions
Mindset
Applying
Big Difference
Formats
Yourself Way Feel
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You live for those pressure moments. Through an international career, you have ups and downs, but you always feel you are going to be tested in moments like that. It has taken me years to feel comfortable and to feel like I have good composure in those situations.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Comfortable
Composure
International
Moments
Pressure
Taken
Tested
Years
Good Me Pressure
Career
Downs
Situations
Ups
Ups And Downs
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Even the thunderous master-blasters, like Andre Russell and MS Dhoni, men who now make scoring more than 20 runs per over look simple, often thrive on the right side of an incredibly slender gap between six and out. They are not more lucky than anyone else. They are more brilliant.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Slender
Thrive
Andre
Anyone Else
Gap
Ms
Right Side
Runs
Scoring
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I believe I am strong mentally. My breaking points might be bigger than most players. I think it's because of the way I grew up with my two older brothers. They pushed my limits quite often - once every day, I think! I think that played a big role in my breaking point being bigger than most players. Not all players.
Ab De Villiers / Cricketer
Bigger
Limits
Mentally
Breaking
Brothers
Older Brothers
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