He bares his soul on these pages and acknowledges all the mistakes he made in his life and how he owned up to it and how it helped him grow. He gives great insights into the goings on behind the scenes, tells of his experiences - good and bad - and takes the reader into the life of an elite athlete. This was a really good book, but a tough read as there is a lot of repetition and some of the details behind events can become a bit exhaustive.

The focus on soft skills drove Du Plessis to interact with players new to the team environment through regular coffee and meals. Instead, it left Du Plessis feeling insecure about his position in the team by the end of Boucher’s first series as coach.Numerous insights and critiques into the organisational structure and running of Cricket South Africa as well from a former Proteas captain who has all the credentials required for assessing such things.

The first part of the book which is about his schooling and youth cricket career is interesting, as is his decision to pursue cricket full-time after school and his days playing club cricket in England, where for a season he slept behind the scoreboard. He describes his relationship with AB de Villiers and other players in detail as well, in a very raw and honest way.

The disappointment he experienced at seeing a number of rituals that were instated during his captaincy no longer being followed is evident in his writing. The emphasis, Du Plessis wrote, was on ensuring that players understood that their value to the team environment was beyond their performances on the cricket field. I was sad and angry in the end to read about his experiences with Smith and Boucher and how Cricket South Africa treated him. The only negative side to the book is that it does, especially closer to the end become slightly self righteous but I guess that's what any good Biography is. He speaks openly about the 2015 World Cup, his relationship with Cricket South Africa, and South Africa’s disappointing World Cup performances.