152 Quotes by Graeme Smith

War erases progress, leaves no trace of improvement.

The boys are confident but the feet are still firmly on the ground.

We've always wanted to play positive, winning cricket, and if we can win this series, it means we can put a tick against this summer.

When we get back home in front of our supporters, we're going to be playing for a win. We're going to back ourselves, we're going to be confident, we're going to stand up and we're not going to back down.

Australia has always been a scary and daunting prospect for South African teams.

To play 12 one-day games in a competition can get a little bit much, and they need to re-look at that if they are going to have a triangular competition again.

We know he's important to their attack. We've discussed a few things about him and we haven't just coped with him, we've dominated him at key stages.

That's why I say we can learn a lot from the Aussies about how they all work together in the interest of their cricket, even though we don't always like what they're saying.

We?re 1-0 up in the series. We were forced into being defensive and getting through this game and that?s what we did.