A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.

I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.

No dream is ever chased alone.

You don't play for revenge, you play for respect & pride

If you don't ask for the best, you don't get it.

Even if my grandchildren don’t remember the fact that I scored 10,000 runs in Test and ODI cricket, I am confident that they will remember that Sachin Tendulkar used to be my team-mate.

You don't win or lose the games bcoz of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field.

There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.

Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.

Pravin Tambe is bigger inspiration than me for young cricketers

I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.

Because of Obama's ill-advised actions, the world has lost American leadership.

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.

Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.

I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

I can't seem to write young enough anymore.

In course of time my first novel appeared. It was a love story.

No great saint lived without errors.

God reserves the right to use people who disagree with me.

We knowingly chose to protest in the Christ the Savior Cathedral, the most important church in the country, to denounce the connection between the church and Putin.