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I leave with sadness, but also with pride.

Rahul Dravid

Cricket is just something that I am good at, just like various people are good at various things. What’s lucky is that cricket gets enormous publicity.
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Cricket Goodness Myself People Public
What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.
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Chance Draw Enjoyment Friendship Myself Sports Team
You don’t win or lose the games because of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field.
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Game Lose Player Selection Win Yourself
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect & pride.
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Play Pride Respect Revenge Yourself
I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.
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Built Image Myself Reputation
Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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Allow Battery Myself Reading Recharge
I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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Cricket Intellectual Intense Myself Play
A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.
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Career Management Sports Time Tough
Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life it is important.
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Administration Cricket Fans Government Important Life Public Yourself
If someone thinks, ‘I’ll spend the off season working on my fitness and I’ll come back a better cricketer,’ I don’t think that’s enough. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills.
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Exercise Season Skills Thinking Time Work Yourself
I have the kind of personality that I always look ahead than look at what’s happened. It does help a lot, especially when you’ve done badly or you’ve failed. It’s instinctive of me that I look at what’s next, I look ahead a lot, and start preparing for that, in victory and in defeat.
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Defeat Failure Help Kind Myself Personality Preparation Start Victory
Sachin Tendulkar is already a ‘Bharat Ratna’ for Indian people because of his phenomenal success and the manner in which he has served Indian cricket for years.
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Cricket People Service Success Time
If you don’t ask for the best, you don’t get it.
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Best Inspirational Right Yourself
He is a great leader by example. Someone whom I have always admired for his ability to remain balanced and have the sense of equanimity about his captaincy.
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Ability Balance Example Greatness Himself
I was given a talent to play cricket. I don’t know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.
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Best Day Play Talent
Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.
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Drive End Irritation Lose Result Road

I leave with sadness, but also with pride.

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