“I have no political aspirations. That’s it.”

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.

Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.

Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.

The hunger to win must not die. The appetite has to remain big.

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.

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.

Spirituality lies in what you do and how you do it and not what result you get.

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

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.

Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.

Unprecedented times require an unprecedented response.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy.

I look forward to working on behalf of a president who will ask tough questions, demand that we be guided by facts, and expect our team to speak the truth.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.

War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.

I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots.