“You don’t need to spoon-feed bowlers at the international level.”

For me, opposition is just another opposition.

If the batsman is playing good shots, you accept it, but it is important that we bowl according to what the plan is and not go off it.

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 balance between aggression and caution was crucial.

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

If you are not 100 percent fit and not at your best (and still play) it’s cheating.

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.

Playing sports teaches a lot about life & shapes our personalities positively.

Strong characters are needed in the game.

The way cricket is played has changed.

In Test matches, you have to play consistent cricket for a period of time.