“The key to handling pressure situations like these is to keep yourself steady, follow your instincts and think clearly.”

If you remain humble, people will give you love and respect even after you have finished with the game.

The most daunting challenges can be taken up when you have the right skills.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love.

The balance between aggression and caution was crucial.

A small step by each one of us can go a long way in making our Earth a better place to live in.

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

Playing sports teaches a lot about life & shapes our personalities positively.

Preparation is the key to success.

If you’re chasing a dream, don’t waste a moment. Every second of practice makes a difference.

Don’t stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

It was not just a trophy. I was holding a dream.

Always gives me goosebumps when our National Anthem plays and the feeling used to become all the more special whenever I heard it on the ground while representing India.

The day you decide to never give up and be fearless, is the day you will conquer.

Your mind and body, just like your bat, are your tools. Take care of them and they will return the favour.

I have never thought where I will go, or forced any targets on myself.

The growing issue of food waste is a concern as there are millions who go without food every day.

Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.

The vision is so much clearer when you wipe down the mirror.

White balloons floating away. Expel the energy wasters, they just prey. Move from the clutter, the haze. Clear pearlescent white from the grey.

In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.

Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.

Its a part of adulting when you start to see each human too clearly and then there is no going back.

It’s clear there’s a lot of room for improvement, there’s no inherent ceiling we’re hitting up on.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.