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.
KAPIL DEVAs 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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I am not too intelligent.
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I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
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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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My role models have kept on changing.
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Let me clarify it through the national news agency that I am not joining Aam Aadmi Party. There has been reports that I will be officially joining AAP, but I can assure you that nothing of that sort is happening.
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One can’t feel old in a day or overnight!
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There is inspiration all around us.
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I never said, ‘I wouldn’t help a cricketer if he approaches me.’
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If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team’s strength. But a rank turner might backfire.
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People never expected a boy from a small town to have a life like I did.
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I wasn’t a ladies’ man.
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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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It isn’t easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.
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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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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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