“I am not confident unless I am playing someone else.”

Sometimes you need to let people feel important by disliking you. It’s their little happiness.

I would want my children to grow up and do what they wish to in a field that they choose to step in. They should not have to use the shadow of their father’s name. I think that is a bit of a downer for a movie star’s children.

I don’t write cheques anymore because I end up signing them “with love, shah rukh”

I’ve won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I’m hungry for awards.

My life may seem glamorous from the outside but off screen it’s as ordinary as anyone else’s.

I`d rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat like everyone else.

Strength & Courage. Peace & Truth. Fertility & Growth. Life in Movement. My country stands for these values.

Like beauty, stardom too is skin-deep.

As long as there is pink in the world, it will always be a better place.

Yeah, I treat all my heroines like children now. I pick them up, I cuddle them, I call them baby.

More than an actor, I am a performer. I’m a great believer

Live now, live today – don’t be bound by rules, live your own dream.

Winning is only half of it, having fun the other half. Playing is All of it!!

When I asked Imran Khan for an autograph he picked up his bat to hit me.

There is only one religion in the world-hard work.

Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.

When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.

Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.

I am a hell raiser. I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

It is very important to be confident and strong even if you lose, because you know there are tournaments coming up next, and you have to be prepared for it.

The key is not being overconfident. You should not think that because I’m a top-ranked player, I will win this game. You have to be focused.

Within a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.

And suddenly, just like that, hope became knowledge. I was going to win. It was just a matter of when.

The more matches I play, the more confident I get.