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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.

Winning an official World Cup with the South African team had become my burning ambition.

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

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.

I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.

I will continue to be the biggest supporter of Faf du Plessis and the Proteas.

I rest a bit more when I keep. The only thing I have to look after is my back and using different muscle groups.

It was a bit of a surprise when the national captaincy came my way.

I will always be grateful to the coaches and staff of Cricket South Africa for their support through all these years.

Captaining South Africa was definitely not one of my goals.

If I play all the IPL games the whole season, I do get a bit tired towards the end.

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.

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

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.

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.

In all kinds of sports, you have to get the confidence going within before you can start proving people wrong or right.

I have always wanted to play at the top of the order.

My personal goals have always and will always take a backseat to the team.

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.

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.

I can't keep playing 10-11 months a year and keep being sharp after 15 years of international cricket.

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.

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.

I just try and earn my right to get on top of the bowlers, and that is how I play every game.

Sometimes you don't quite realise what you have achieved until you look back.