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I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

Rahul Dravid

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
I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling. No dream is ever chased alone.
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Alone Chase Country Dreams Fulfill Imagination Myself Play
Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe.
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Consistent Goodness Help Important Recognition Time 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
You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.
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Career Image Life Yourself
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
I was telling people if every time I answered a question about Multan I got a rupee, I would be a multimillionaire by now.
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Answer Money Myself People Time
I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.
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Built Image Myself Reputation
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
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
There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
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Comment Element Listening Mystery Radio Traffic
I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.
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Important Life Myself Public Thinking
There are so many fans and so many people who care deeply about this game, and it is because of these fans that we are who we are as cricketers.
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Care Deep Fans Identity People
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
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
Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgment, modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero. You can’t get a more complete cricketer than Sachin. He has everything that a cricketer needs to have.
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Balance Brilliance Cricket Himself Honor Judgement Mindset Need Play Respect Team Technology

I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

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I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

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