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I want to stay for a long time and leave a mark so the young generation can aspire to be at the top like me. I love the sport, and that’s what drives me.
Eliud Kipchoge
Love
Time
Me
Generation
Long
Long Time
Young
Mark
Top
I Love
Stay
Drives
Like
Sport
Leave
Want
Aspire
Athletics is not so much about the legs. It’s about the heart and mind.
Eliud Kipchoge
Heart
Mind
Athletics
About
Legs
Much
If you have that belief - pure belief in your heart - that you want to be successful then you can talk to your mind and your mind will control you to be successful.
Eliud Kipchoge
You
Heart
Mind
Will
Pure
Control
Talk
Want
Then
Successful
Your
Belief
You put a big smile on your face and work hard and work to improve every single day.
Jameis Winston
Work
Smile
Day
You
Work Hard
Face
Single
Big
Every
Put
Single Day
Improve
Your
Hard
Every Single Day
Everybody wants to see this fight. Everybody wants to see these fireworks. They want to see that explosiveness. They want to see me throw Khabib on his back and get that five-point motion with this U.S.A. wrestling. Because if wrestling was easy, it would be called Sambo, my friend. Straight up, I'm going mop that dude up.
Tony Ferguson
Me
Fight
Everybody
Back
Would
Would-Be
Easy
See
My Friend
Wrestling
Throw
Fireworks
Because
Motion
Dude
His
Friend
Up
Get
Going
Want
Wants
Straight
I'd rather be a shooting star than a fading star.
Tyrann Mathieu
Rather
Fading
Than
Shooting
Star
It's always been the most important thing for me to enjoy my cricket.
AB de Villiers
Me
Important
Enjoy
Cricket
Most
Most Important Thing
Always
Important Thing
Been
The Most Important
Thing
The interests of the team must always outweigh the interests of any individual, including me.
AB de Villiers
Me
Must
Individual
Outweigh
Always
Any
Interests
Team
Including
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
Love
Time
Game
See
Angles
Part
Feel
Does
Normally
Captain
Keeping
I do enjoy fielding.
AB de Villiers
Enjoy
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
You
Heart
Pressure
Cricket
Way
Lies
Name
Make
Where
Want
Really
Your
Forward
International
Play
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
Simple
Brilliant
Men
Thrive
Else
Incredibly
Side
Slender
Right Side
Out
Andre
Runs
Per
Russell
More
Between
Over
Like
Look
Make
Scoring
Than
Often
Six
Anyone
Anyone Else
Who
Lucky
Even
Gap
Now
Right
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
You
World
Big
Our
Our Lives
Financially
Some
Tournaments
Make
Because
Around
Huge
Huge Difference
Going
Difference
Cannot
Them
Ignore
Lives
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
Rest
Back
Bit
More
Only
Look
Different
The Only Thing
After
Using
Groups
Keep
Thing
Muscle
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
Tired
Field
Innings
Running
Point
Over
End
Really
If I play all the IPL games the whole season, I do get a bit tired towards the end.
AB de Villiers
Tired
Bit
Towards
End
Get
Games
Whole
Season
Play
It would not be right for me to pick and choose where, when, and in what format I play for the Proteas.
AB de Villiers
Me
Would
Pick
Pick And Choose
Where
Format
Choose
Play
Right
I will always be grateful to the coaches and staff of Cricket South Africa for their support through all these years.
AB de Villiers
Grateful
Will
Be Grateful
South Africa
Cricket
Through
Support
Always
Years
South
Staff
Africa
Coaches
It's always been about the team; it's never been about myself.
AB de Villiers
Myself
About
Never
Always
Been
Team
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
Family
Tired
Big
Move On
Busy
Definitely
Scene
Had
Part
Longevity
Years
Lot
Very
Big Part
Quite
Move
Just
Reasons
International
Whole
Played
Career
Stressful
Obviously I want to be there at the end every time, winning games for the team.
AB de Villiers
Time
Every
Every Time
Winning
Obviously
End
Want
Games
Team
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
Good
Me
You
Ups And Downs
Pressure
Live
Those
Composure
Through
Taken
Feel
Like
Comfortable
Always
Tested
Years
Going
Situations
Ups
International
Moments
Downs
Career
I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.
AB de Villiers
Success
Game
Sports
Secret
Pretty
Know
Most
Well
It was a bit of a surprise when the national captaincy came my way.
AB de Villiers
National
Way
Bit
Came
Surprise
My personal goals have always and will always take a backseat to the team.
AB de Villiers
Goals
Will
Backseat
Take
Always
Personal
Personal Goals
Team
I had a long run as a captain. I had some fantastic ups and also quite a few lows in between.
AB de Villiers
Long
Few
Run
Some
Long Run
Had
Between
Also
Quite
Ups
In-Between
Fantastic
Lows
Captain
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