152 Quotes by Graeme Smith

We're disappointed we lost but we're going to have to pick ourselves up again.

We are very similar and it is a very hard place to come and tour. In the past South Africa have had a big fear of failure but I think we have come to terms with that. We have come here and I know people have called us unimaginative but we are more open. We are looking forward to playing in front of Australian crowds and playing in Australia.

Both guys we put down in the first innings went on to make hundreds. We really had the momentum and Mike Hussey's hundred at the back (of the first innings) took it away from us.

As things are happening on this tour, we'll probably play a match or two without him.

Credit to England - they've played hard and grafted hard for five matches and probably deserved their series win.

I seriously doubt we will go in with two spinners.

It would be great if we could exploit that.

It would pretty much look like he's going home.

The whole team wanted to be positive and wanted to go for a win. Cricket needs positive games. It doesn't need teams batting out and drawing games. For us, as a team moving forward, we're young and we need to be positive. To set a declaration and to try to go for a win was in our minds the only way to play. The negative option never came in.