Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career - which is very short.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

Sachin Tendulkar has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It is time we carried him on our shoulders

Life is what happens in-between the mother and the sister

The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.

People from North India are generally known to be aggressive and emotional.

There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against - Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

I feel only my friends and family need to know what is happening in my personal life.

I don't think one can question MS' leadership.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

I'm not someone who sits at home and doesn't like to go out, doesn't like to watch movies. I like to live my life.

I am not the type that is trying to help add balance to your life by removing the balancein your savings account.

There is a throne up there and someone is sitting on it. It is not you, the economy or your government. My God is still on the throne and I shall not worry.

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.

I don't feel like we're setting ourselves up to be exclusive. I don't want to set up an attitude where we're telling people 'You can't listen to our music if you don't have a college degree.

You do know it cost money to put a t-shirt on your back? You do know it cost money have a house? You do know it cost money to eat? Get money, don't let these people fool you.

In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.

Of all noxious animals, the most noxious is a tourist. And of all tourists the most vulgar, ill-bred, offensive and loathsome is the British tourist.

Each time you decide to grow again, you realize you're starting at the bottom of another ladder.

Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows.