“Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many.”

I don’t think I will ever make my all-time greatest India team. You cannot compare one era with another, as they will be different.

Snow brings the best out of her.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Self-Confidence has always been one of my good qualities.

You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time.

One thing about our country that is constant is cricket.

I never allow myself to be pressured.

Even when you bowl a bad over, try to restrict it in between 15-18 runs, because if you go higher than that, it has a bigger impact on the game.

Please criticize me, but how can you accuse me of something like fixing a cricket game after all that the game has given me.

The reason why people love T20 is the sixes and fours.

I have more than I will ever need for one life.

The cameras used to pass by me; now they’re stopping for me.

I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.

Our trainer doesn’t count biceps and tricep as an exercise, maybe he knows anyways we will do it.

I love to be in the moment; I love to analyze things a bit.

Till the full stop doesn’t come, the sentence is not complete.

I resigned from captaincy because I wanted the new captain to get enough time for preparing a team before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

A loss makes you humble. It tests the other batsmen and bowlers. Also, if you keep winning you don’t now what area you need to work on.

I like to stay away from the game when I am not playing it.

You can’t take any team lightly.

If you’re playing against an aggressive side, you need to play an aggressive game.

Our biggest strength has always been the fans. All over, wherever we have gone, CSK has got support.

Nothing ever stopped me from playing sports. Not even when I didn’t have my shoes on.

As a skipper, when you try to manipulate the field, you need to see the strengths of the fast bowlers.