Quotes from AB de Villiers

I believe all teams choke in certain situations.

I have been massively proud to have played for and, indeed, captain my country on the cricket field.

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

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.

I know Test cricket is more about endurance. T20 is more about innovating, creating, and the energy at the wicket.

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.

Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.

There are so many dreams that I'd like to follow.

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.

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.

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.

Obviously I want to be there at the end every time, winning games for the team.

To cross the line for the team, to have an impact on winning the game - that's why I play this game.

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

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.

The most important people to please are your family.

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.

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

For me, in green and gold, it must be everything or nothing.

I try and keep my feet on the ground and keep working at my game.

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.

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.

The World Cup is a tough tournament.

The main lesson I learned from 2015 is that a World Cup doesn't define a player's career.