“People never expected a boy from a small town to have a life like I did.”

No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.

My role models have kept on changing.

I was a naughty kid. Teachers did not like me much.

One can’t feel old in a day or overnight!

The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.

If your work becomes a source of enjoyment and a challenge, it will never seem like work – it will be fun. If you ever feel that your work is a burden, there is no point carrying on with it.

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.

When you take risks and things don’t go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.

I am not too intelligent.

If you have two good off spinners, what is the problem in playing both of them.

I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.

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.

I never said, ‘I wouldn’t help a cricketer if he approaches me.’

It isn’t easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.

It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.

My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.

Expectations kills more people than the best gun in the world.

I had no dreams of such economic success. You should have fun and not be so weighed down by expectations.

Expectations keep us in a victim role. They keep us blaming. They keep us looking outward. They keep us stuck.  

No truths hidden, no lies fed. No expectations, no tears shed.

Attachment gives birth to expectations.

Free yourself of the fears that cause you to live your life according to the expectation of others.

The issue about love, is that we rely on our lovers to love us, the way we should love ourselves.

Expectations are the reason that you’re broken and that’s true.