My role models have kept on changing.
KAPIL DEVI never said, ‘I wouldn’t help a cricketer if he approaches me.’
More Kapil Dev Quotes
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Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.
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People never expected a boy from a small town to have a life like I did.
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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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I am not too intelligent.
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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.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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It isn’t easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.
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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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The next generation has always been and will be better than the previous one. If it is not, then the world would not be moving forward.
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I have great respect for Jaypee Greens as a company that has produced a truly world class, 24-carat, championship golf course. I am happy to be associated with a company with such outstanding qualities.
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I always breathe cricket.
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Speed can’t always get you wickets.
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I wasn’t a ladies’ man.
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I was a naughty kid. Teachers did not like me much.
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Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.
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The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.
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It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
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The hunger to win must not die. The appetite has to remain big.
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I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
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I have no political aspirations. That’s it.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
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As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what’s good for individuals.
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Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.
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