“I don’t study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I’ve played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.”

You need to motivate the guys about how much of an effect it will have on the game.

A lot of things have changed since I made my debut in 2004.

Listen to your elder’s advice not because they are always right, but because they have more experience of being wrong.

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.

I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.

I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.

You need to perform consistently, and if you’re raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.

You need to perform consistently, and if you’re raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.

I am touched by the admiration and ovation I receive from CSK fans, which will always remain close to my heart.

The day you decide to never give up and be fearless, is the day you will conquer.

Take action in silence, No lion attacks in noise.

It is important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries.