“You just feel a little odd when you don’t get your kind of food. Fortunately, there are Indian restaurants all over the world.”

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.

Never at any point did I feel like missing a training session. I was very keen on improving as a cricketer and as an international player.

When you absolutely love what you do, everything just flows.

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

The bat is not a toy, it’s a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

Remember who you are and don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.

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

In the game of cricket, a hero is a person who respects the game and does not corrupt the game. The one who doesn’t or corrupts the game, they are the villain. They should be punished, and they have been punished in the past.

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

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don’t like to be hassled.

Real fun is in a real challenge.

I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

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

In the end, it’s you who you have to answer to.

I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn’t divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.

I don’t believe in signing anything and everything that comes my way. I leave it to my agency to help narrow them down for me, but I do research it myself before signing. The image of the brand and its ambassadors go hand in hand.

You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.

Because I’m rich I let the lifestyle speak, not flexing just how I be feeling.

A rainy day is the perfect excuse to explore deeper feelings.

If you ever feel alone, remember your parents. They are like your personal humans because you share DNA. Despite your good & bad relationship, you were born from them. They belong to you & you belong to them.

When the feeling can’t be expressed any stronger, you just break down and tears cascade.

I exist too much, I feel too much, think too much. Reality is crushing the life out of me.

Sometimes you gotta take accountability for the way you feel no matter what a person puts you through.

I feel like I try to keep learning every time I step off a runway, I try to get better with each one.