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 DRAVIDI have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.
More Rahul Dravid Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.
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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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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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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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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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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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No dream is ever chased alone.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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On the onside, first there is God, then Sourav Ganguly.
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