“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.”

I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.

Sports is my passion.

People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven’t seen God. But I think that one’s beliefs are one’s God – and, in those terms, yes, God is there.

Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.

People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven’t seen God. But I think that one’s beliefs are one’s God – and, in those terms, yes, God is there.

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.

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.

As an Indian, I would like to back my government.

In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.

Speed can’t always get you wickets.

I have played cricket on my own terms.

As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

I always breathe cricket.

All artists are crazy.

I have no political aspirations. That’s it.

I always liked different things, rare things.

Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.

You touch me and a thousand different particles come alive beneath my skin.

If I don’t book a job, I like to see it not as a rejection but as a redirection to something different.

I want to do a lot of different things and dive into different worlds.

Never compare yourself to anyone, everyone’s life is different, difficulties are different, the path is different.

Lonely is different from alone.

Souls shouldering the burden of false hopes, broken promises, fear like a burning flame. Maybe that’s why each one of us is so different yet the same.