Sachin Tendulkar Quotes

"But eventually it is a game of cricket."

"I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else."

"It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle."

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

"I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit."

"At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match."

"I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there."

"As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work."

"I always had a dream to play for India but I never let it put pressure on me."

"And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win."

"There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children."

"I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time."

"I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating."

"I just want to continue the way I am going."

"Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world."

"Before you lay a foundation on the cricket field, there should be a solid foundation in your heart and you start building on that. After that as you start playing more and more matches, you learn how to score runs and how to take wickets."

"When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well."

"Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan."

"Before coming here I had a minor back problem and I thought whenever I play Pakistan I get a back problem."

"From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot."

"I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches."

"I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself."

"I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches."

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

"I have played for 15 years and it has been a dream."

"I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about."

"I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result."

"If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong."

"Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport."

"It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it."