Quotes on Playing Cricket

My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.

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

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.

Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds.

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.

It’s hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it’s all I have ever done since I was 11 years old.

Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.