The bowlers I respected or feared or rated were not the ones who gave me lip or stared at me or abused me. More the ones who, at any stage of the game, when had they had the ball in hand, they were going to be at me, and they were going to have the skill and the fitness and the ability to be aggressive.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing your world. You"re doing things you"ve never done before, and more importantly, you"re doing something. read more

• Thought Hope Year Come Mistakes Making New Things Trying Learning Living Pushing Changing World Doing Done Before More Importantly Something

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. read more

• Thought Paradoxically Though Seem None True Life Imitates Art Far More

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you"d come to closed door number eight and you"d think, "Great, I got another one out of the way"... Keep moving forward. read more

• Thought Come Closed Doors Before Get Open What Knew Had Go Got Door Well Number Eight Think Great Another Way Keep Moving Forward

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can"t are both right. read more

• Thought Those Believe They Do Something Both Right

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. read more

• Thought Nothing World More Dangerous Sincere Ignorance Conscientious Stupidity

There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching - you've got to catch, catch, catch. And more than doing the normal stuff, you have to vary your catching - you've got to take some catches with the tennis ball, you got to take some closer, some further away. read more

• Do Want Take Doing Some More Away Catch Got Taking Lot Closer Ball Substitute Normal Further Slip Stuff Catches Catching Tennis Vary

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I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling. No dream is ever chased alone. read more

• Like for Dream Every Alone Imagined Yet Long Boy Country Journey Playing India Chased Fulfilling

I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual. read more

• Pretty Intellectual Played Intense

Tendulkar must have known from his heart. read more

• from Heart Known

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. read more

• About Many People Game Care These Deeply Fans