Remember Dale Steyn? It’s hard to forget a man of such caliber. The pacer is perhaps the most devastating bowler on the planet at his peak and has shaken the timber of many a player. However, he has off the face of the cricket fraternity for over a year now, but has finally made a comeback in frist-class cricket.

 And now, Steyn is fit and according to him, he is fitter than ever as he isn’t experiencing any pain in his body, something that he finds “strange.”

"I feel good, I don't feel like I am in any pain anywhere," Steyn was quoted saying on Cricinfo.

"That's quite strange because I played a career with niggles all over the place, so it is quite nice to bowl now without anything. It is just about getting overs under the belt, and the recovery over the weekend and then pick it up again when I get to Port Elizabeth."

Despite so many injuries consuming the strength of his body, the South Africa admits that he never really considered retiring from the game as he loves and wants to play it as much as possible.

"I like to play cricket. I want to play cricket as long as I can. Age isn't really a factor," he said.

The 34-year-old then went on to compare himself to a marathon runner, claiming that he doesn’t sweat about his fitness and just likes to play while also maintaining that he is fitter than most of the younger players in the squad.

"I think we all have that one friend in life that runs the Comrades [a marathon of 90 kilometres] up until he is 60. I would like to think I am one of those guys.

I don't really worry about fitness. I am still fitter than the youngest guys in the side. It was just about getting through this year and trying to decide whether I still wanted to do it.

And for Steyn, cricket is still the main focus despite being in an age where most have to think about family and the personal aspect of life.

“I think most people at 34 start thinking about other things in life like retirement and family and those types of things. I am in a fortunate position that I don't really need to think about that much right now. Cricket is my main focus."

Steyn, who is just 5 wickets are away from becoming South Africa’s all-time leading wicket-taker in Tests, joked that he is not too bothered about it since he always gets injured when asked about it

"Every time someone talks about a record, I get injured. So I'm not bloody bothered," he joked.

The South African was very candid all throughout and was very frank when asked about bowling at pace. He said that it is not necessary to blaze in every ball, but only once in a while so as to play with the batsmen’s mind as they keep believing that the bowler is capable of bowling at such speeds.

"Cricket is strange. All you need to do is bowl one ball at 145, 150 kilometres an hour and people see that you can do that, and it's in the back of their mind all the time.