I feel that World Cup cricket should be played like football in which all the 160 countries take part. If only a handful of countries are going to keep on playing in the World Cup without making the game popular, I will be a sad man.
KAPIL DEVThe West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.
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I never said, ‘I wouldn’t help a cricketer if he approaches me.’
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As an Indian, I would like to back my government.
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I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
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I have no political aspirations. That’s it.
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I am not too intelligent.
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Speed can’t always get you wickets.
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My role models have kept on changing.
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I, as a cricketer, would like to see 100 counties playing top-flight cricket, just like tennis and football. If I am alive to see that, I will be very happy.
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When you are growing up, everyone will help you. When you reach the top, everyone will start pulling you down. The same people who help you will be the same people who try to pull you down.
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Selectors can’t please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It’s an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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All artists are crazy.
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As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.
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I wasn’t a ladies’ man.
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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.
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I don’t look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.
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