It isn’t easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.
KAPIL DEVSports is my passion.
More Kapil Dev Quotes
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Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.
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All artists are crazy.
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I never said, ‘I wouldn’t help a cricketer if he approaches me.’
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I was a naughty kid. Teachers did not like me much.
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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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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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When you have to work, work with a smile.
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I have no political aspirations. That’s it.
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The hunger to win must not die. The appetite has to remain big.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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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.
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If you have two good off spinners, what is the problem in playing both of them.
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One can’t feel old in a day or overnight!
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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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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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Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.
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When you take risks and things don’t go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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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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I wasn’t a ladies’ man.
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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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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.
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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 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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Speed can’t always get you wickets.
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No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.
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It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
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