My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.
VIRAT KOHLIOn the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.
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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.
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I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.
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I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don’t like to be hassled.
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As a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.
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As a sportsperson, the best thing is people recognising you and loving you for what you do. For me, glamour is 100 people in the hotel feeling happy to see you.
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There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against – Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.
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I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.
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Unity is the vehicle, desire is the fuel.
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I delayed my father’s funeral because of cricket.
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I’ve been lucky – all the ads I’ve got, I’ve got to be myself. I haven’t had to act too much or tried too hard to be someone I’m not. I think that’s why people sort of like them. Even the Fastrack ads I did with Genelia.
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Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career – which is very short.
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I’ve had a fan who made a painting of my face with her fingers. I have put it up in my room. It was sweet and very different.
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Work never stops.
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I support Real Madrid. I’m a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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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.
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I like to be myself, and I don’t pretend. For instance, I don’t dress up for occasions; I am what I am.
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I feel only my friends and family need to know what is happening in my personal life.
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I don’t think there is anything wrong in earning money from the sport you love. If you work hard and get benefits from it, there is no harm. The day you feel that you are not working hard and are only looking at the benefits, that’s where the problem is.
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I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.
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Focused & ready to go.
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I wasn’t very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.
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I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
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I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It’s my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: ‘Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.’
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Loyalty above everything.
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I don’t really read a lot of newspapers. I don’t pay attention to what is being said or written about me. I’ve had lots of experiences in the past when I got too much into it. That sort of diverts your focus.
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It was a personal decision for me to stand and say that cricket is all I have in life, there’s nothing I need to do other than cricket. If I want to achieve whatever I thought as a kid, I need to work hard and not let it go to waste.
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