When a person becomes satisfied, he doesn't run after things, doesn't worry about it, and doesn't make efforts.

Today if I'm a cricketer it is because of Sachin Tendulkar. Else, I would never have picked up a bat. He's the reason behind me playing cricket

I don’t believe in technique, I believe in performance. If you are tough, whether you have technique or not, you’ll survive.

Nothing is more thrilling than winning a match for your team.

If you know your game, you can handle pressure; you can handle any kind of situation, back yourself, and play your own game and get success.

If I see MS Dhoni coming to bat at number 4, I will be the happiest person on earth

As for my batting, the best part about it is I have never changed it. I have never changed my thinking, I have never changed my batting style.

Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.

One should always be happy, irrespective of what you achieve in a match or in life. That's how I live my life.

Cricket is not like a government job where retirement age is fixed at A cricketer can retire at 30 or 60; it's up to the player.

Option 1: Attempt to back out.Probable result: Death after painful torture.Option 2: Do the job and hope.Probable result: Death but probably no torture (good)

Shame was one of those things that had to be excised like a cancer, but it was a hard thing to remove when it was wrapped around your heart.

Yeah, but most of the time I think being an adult is not all it's cracked up to be. I've always wanted to postpone growing up for as long as possible.

Life must be lived to the fullness.

A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.

I've been very fortunate in the things I've had in my life. But, at the same time, I wish I had the same types of memories as everyone else.

Like a one eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.

On the shining yards of heaven See a wider dawn unfurled. . . . The eternal slaves of beauty Are the masters of the world.

Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

The hard part is that this is a very fine line. There's right on one side of it, and crazy on the other.