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In 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 Dravid

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

Important Life Myself Public Thinking
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
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
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 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
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 am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.
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Built Image Myself Reputation
I leave with sadness, but also with pride.
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Leaving Myself Pride Sadness
On the onside, first there is God, then Sourav Ganguly.
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Ability Cricket God Leadership
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
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
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
Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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Allow Battery Myself Reading Recharge
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
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.
RAHUL DRAVID

Chance Draw Enjoyment Friendship Myself Sports Team
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.
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Children Confidence Fact Myself Remember Team
If you don’t ask for the best, you don’t get it.
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Best Inspirational Right Yourself
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
Tendulkar must have known from his heart.
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Heart Himself Known
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect & pride.
RAHUL DRAVID

Play Pride Respect Revenge Yourself
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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Different Education Football Myself Position Problem Sports Team
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
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
No dream is ever chased alone.
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Alone Chase Dreams One Liner Team Work
In 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 DRAVID

Career Control Cricket Life Play Yourself
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
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

In 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.

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