Zitat des Tages von Sachin Tendulkar:
At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wanting to go to sleep. Now I know that's normal, so I'll just get up and watch TV or something. I know it's just my subconscious mind getting ready for a game.
I have never thought where I will go, or forced any targets on myself.
Lara's done very well recently and I never had any doubts about the abilities of Lara or Waugh.
Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.
But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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.
I have played for 15 years and it has been a dream.
At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.
I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time.
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.
I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.
I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.
When I was 15, I started playing first class cricket and always dreamt of being a Test cricketer, wanted to do something for the country, married in 1995, have 2 kids it's been great.
New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.
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.
Before coming here I had a minor back problem and I thought whenever I play Pakistan I get a back problem.
My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.
The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.
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.
Shoaib Akhtar has been playing for 5, 6 years and is an experienced bowler.
And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.
I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.
Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.
From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.
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.
If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.
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.
Obviously after such a long gap, one itches to get back to the game and score big runs.
There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.
Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world.
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.