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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.

Kapil Dev

I am not too intelligent.
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Intelligence Myself Personality
My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.
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Best Domestic Level Myself Sports Success
If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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Bad Goodness Hide Sports Yourself
One can’t feel old in a day or overnight!
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Age Day Feeling Night Old Oneself Time
It isn’t easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.
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Easy Fame Nation Sports
I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.
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Important Money Myself Pride Thinking Worth
The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.
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Country Play Sports
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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Community Job Myself Patriot Selection Sports Work
I don’t look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.
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Mistake Myself Negative Past See
The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.
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Big Challenge Climate Player Sports Test
Speed can’t always get you wickets.
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Speed Sports Yourself
When you have to work, work with a smile.
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Happiness Smile Work Yourself
All artists are crazy.
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Artist Crazy Inspirational One Liner
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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Country Fame Feeling Game Man Myself Play Sad Sports
When you take risks and things don’t go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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Media Risk Way Yourself
I wasn’t a ladies’ man.
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Fame Identity Man Myself Woman
Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.
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Country Myself Proud Sports Try Understand
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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Growth Help People Start Try Yourself
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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Important Opportunity Play Preparation Role Sports Strength Team Win Yourself
Cricket is very simple… you play till you can sustain.
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Play Simplicity Survive Yourself
I have no political aspirations. That’s it.
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Myself Politics
I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
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Achievement Fame Inspirational Myself
Spirituality lies in what you do and how you do it and not what result you get.
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Action Lying Process Result Spiritual Yourself
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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Better Future Generation Oneself World
My role models have kept on changing.
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Change Idol Modeling Myself One Liner Role
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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Event Future See Sports
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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Different Goodness Play Togetherness

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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