“It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.”

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

I always breathe cricket.

All artists are crazy.

I have no political aspirations. That’s it.

Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.

Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.

The hunger to win must not die. The appetite has to remain big.

Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.

When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.

Spirituality lies in what you do and how you do it and not what result you get.

People never expected a boy from a small town to have a life like I did.

The next generation has always been and will be better than the previous one. If it is not, then the world would not be moving forward.

Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.

As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what’s good for individuals.

Let me clarify it through the national news agency that I am not joining Aam Aadmi Party. There has been reports that I will be officially joining AAP, but I can assure you that nothing of that sort is happening.

If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.

The idea of feeling great at all times is purely fictional for a simple reason: we get bored of the same things, same feelings, same environments pretty quickly. If everything was always nice and great, you’d get depressed.

The happiness of life lies within yourself. As long as you feel you are content, you are happy.

At the end of the day, what matters most is how we make other people feel, how we impact their life, how we make their life a little bit brighter every moment.

Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.

Positive feeling helps you keep an optimistic outlook through difficult situations.

I feel beautiful without makeup on, but when I do put makeup on, it just gives me this extra pop.

Be so dedicated to yourself that everyone feels good to be themselves too.

When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.