Top 561 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Cricketers - Page 5

I've worked with Sourav and I enjoy his company. I found him to be likeable and a very nice fellow. It will be good to renew the acquaintance.

If you really pay attention to me, I'm not the most serious person.

Shouldn't "it works like a charm" be said about things that don't work?

The pressure on me is nothing compared to Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja, like Ram Gopal Verma, must always fail. The crowd always expects him to fail and it is too much pressure on him. And, he rarely disappoints them.

Dreams are the directions to the rest of your life!

I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.

Disability should not be considered a hindrance to achieving one's goals.

In this same tradition, beauty is inextricably bound up with the principles of order and harmony believed to underlie the cosmos. Artists in the Classical tradition, inspired by Platonic idealism, strove to create images that represented not the world of particulars-with all its defects-but an ideal image conceived in the mind, which was taken as representing some absolute, pure, ideal form of which all particular, material forms are but a mere shadow.

Rahul is always been in the shadow of Sachin. If you take his record it's as good as Sachin's but you cannot compare both as they are different kind of players. Rahul is a complete cricketer.

The means of control that record labels had vis-à-vis distribution no longer exist.

Men's cricket sets the bar. We are always trying to reach where they set the standard.

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

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

Between 2018 and 2020, I contemplated giving up the sport at various points.

I do not make decisions based on emotion, because it is my career and I would like to be more practical when it comes to career.

Be cautious and bold.

You're young and you want to play, you have got to make the most of your youth because before you know it, you're 20, 21 or even 25 if you're unlucky, and you're still trialing and hoping to get a chance. And then a lot of people don't take chances on guys who are a little bit older.

West Indian cricket means so much to people who live here. And when we're not doing well, we all feel it.

I would be comfortable to bat anywhere.

When the others grew tired and went home and there was no one else to play with I used to play my own Test matches on the porch of our house, using a broom handle or a stick as the bat and a marble as the ball. I would arrange the pot plants to represent fielders and try to find the gaps as I played my shots.

I don't like defensive shots-you can only get threes

The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

To become a good player, you need talent. To become a great player, you need an attitude like Kohli.

I was lucky in my early years to play for a Karnataka team that was trying to forge itself into a strong side, and they were years of fun and learning. In the Indian team, I was fortunate to be part of a wonderful era when India played some of its finest cricket at home and abroad.

I was the happiest man in the world, happier than Bill Gates

In Sales, you have to satisfy two people: One, your customer. Two, your Boss.

The best compliment for me is when someone says they'll pay to watch me play, And I can say that I'll pay to watch MS Dhoni bat. MS is not the next Gilchrist. He's the first MS Dhoni

I have done all the work I usually do and a little bit more, so hopefully that will produce results in at least one of the last two Tests.

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.

It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket.

I love sleeping and to inculcate the habit of early rising, my dad forced me to take up a sport. That was the only reason I started playing cricket in the first place. And thereafter it continued.

A fit body gives you confidence. And there's nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you'll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

I felt very bad and could not sleep until 1am. Maybe he could coach me defence.

I am excited about it. No-one really knows him [Kumar Sangakkara] as a person and everyone is looking forward to that. Getting to know players like Amla, Ponting and Smith has been special and this is great, because he [Sangakkara] is here for two years, it's no flash in the pan.

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.

Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders.

Every time you are on a tour you miss Indian food.

The only time an Australian ever walks is when his car runs out of petrol.

People love watching crazy expeditions

When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.

I stole a shirt off Jacques (Kallis) and a pullover off Harry (Paul Harris) that still had his hamburger stain on the front left side of it.

The game has evolved over the years, and I don't think we have as a country. In other countries they have, and they adjust much quicker than our boys.

BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand

It's not the things we get but the hearts we touch that will determine our success in life.

If they're going to take away a portion of maintaining the ball, there needs to be that even contest between bat and ball, otherwise people are going to stop watching and kids aren't going to want to be bowlers.

When you are captain you basically think differently - more about the team than yourself.

I used to feel like not scoring runs is the worst thing in life but I started thinking: 'No, at least I'm getting to go out on the field wearing the Indian jersey.' Not many get to do that. I am lucky. Now, if I get runs or don't get runs, I'm just going out there trying to enjoy my cricket.

Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.

Do I want to play Test cricket? Yeah, yeah. I've got a few milestones I'd like to achieve - so I very much want to play Test cricket.

I am thankful that I played the game at a time when the West Indies climbed to heights that have never been repeated.

I'm on the playstation, or else I go out and play football. I enjoy movies and sitcoms. I love reading motivational books too.

Ladies playing cricket? Absurd. Just like a man trying to knit

We should not allow fear or anxiety to stop us from doing something. If you think through something well and prepare thoroughly, you can do a lot of things you think you can't.

Virat Kohli is the PRINCE of Indian cricket.

I've certainly had some difficult days. But it's OK to be vulnerable.

The Indian bowlers picked me for sledging when I was batting well. They called me school boy. But I was enjoying it and I had answered it with my bat.

I make music. It's kind of what I've always done.

I've always said the game owes me nothing, I owe it everything. I'm thankful I've been able to play it for so long.

A couple of my friends told me to get into cooking but I have not been able to get myself into the kitchen.

Sachin is the greatest role model I've ever met.