“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.”

On the onside, first there is God, then Sourav Ganguly.

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.

Tendulkar must have known from his heart.

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.

I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.

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.

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.

I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.

Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.

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.

Even 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.

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.

I was telling people if every time I answered a question about Multan I got a rupee, I would be a multimillionaire by now.

If you don’t ask for the best, you don’t get it.

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.

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.

A champion team needs only a small window of opportunity to stage a fightback, something I had learnt over the years.

For me, opposition is just another opposition.

If the batsman is playing good shots, you accept it, but it is important that we bowl according to what the plan is and not go off it.

You need to motivate the guys about how much of an effect it will have on the game.

A lot of things have changed since I made my debut in 2004.

I don’t think I will ever make my all-time greatest India team. You cannot compare one era with another, as they will be different.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

One thing about our country that is constant is cricket.