I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.
RAHUL DRAVIDI think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.
RAHUL DRAVIDA 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.
RAHUL DRAVIDYou don’t win or lose the games because of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field.
RAHUL DRAVIDYou 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.
RAHUL DRAVIDEven if my grandchildren don’t remember the fact that I scored 10,000 runs in Test and ODI cricket, I am confident that they will remember that Sachin Tendulkar used to be my team-mate.
RAHUL DRAVIDIf 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.
RAHUL DRAVIDI 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 DRAVIDI am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
RAHUL DRAVIDIn a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don’t have control over that as a cricketer.
RAHUL DRAVIDThere 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.
RAHUL DRAVIDYou don’t play for revenge, you play for respect & pride.
RAHUL DRAVIDI 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.
RAHUL DRAVIDAdministrators 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.
RAHUL DRAVIDOn the onside, first there is God, then Sourav Ganguly.
RAHUL DRAVIDI am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.
RAHUL DRAVIDI have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.
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