Quotes by Mohammad Azharuddin - Page 1

I never say no to any event that is associated with education.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Associated
Event
Copy Quote
The fact that I had attained stardom never affected me too much.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Stardom
Too Much
Attained
Fact
Copy Quote
My strength is my humility. When you are humble, people like you.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Humility
Copy Quote
Emotionally, I depend only on myself. My strong belief in the Almighty carries me.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Almighty
Carries
Emotionally
Copy Quote
What is important is that I am respected both on and off the field by cricketers and fans.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Fans
On And Off
Copy Quote
The biggest thing I possess is infinite patience. Once you are patient, things fall in place.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Fall
Infinite
Patient
Biggest
Biggest Thing
Possess
Copy Quote
I was a good fielder in the gully in my college days. But in the outfield, I was not such a good fielder.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
College
Outfield
Copy Quote
It's always good to be under pressure. That's when you perform the best. At least, I do. It's in my nature.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Pressure
Perform
Least
Copy Quote
I think Bollywood and cricket go hand in hand. Glamour attracts glamour. Cricket has become a very glamorous game now.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Bollywood
Cricket
Glamorous
Attracts
Copy Quote
Mentally, I am very strong; physically I am very strong. I think that keeps me going. That keeps me strong all the time.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Strong
Time I Am Me
Physically
Mentally
Copy Quote
You may be the best team in the world, but you can't win all the tournaments. That's what the media does not understand.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Tournaments
Best World Win
Copy Quote
Many of us forget who we were before we became cricketers. I remember how hard I tried to get an autograph when I was young.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Autograph
Became
Tried
Copy Quote
I have always been communicative. I can't help it if I have been misunderstood. Sometimes, people don't like straight answers.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Always People Sometimes
Communicative
Copy Quote
Cricket has given me everything. If I'm anything today, it is because of the game... where I have given blood, sweat, and tears.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Cricket
Sweat
Tears
Copy Quote
You need to protect the best players in the country. When there is so much cricket, we must work on ways to prolong their careers.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Careers
Cricket
Prolong
Copy Quote
When you are on the field, you know exactly what is happening out there. You are in charge. You have to make the right choices. No one can decide for you.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Charge
Exactly What
Copy Quote
I like being to the point. It is not my nature to talk too much or indulge in loose talk. I like being brief, and beyond a certain point, I have nothing to say.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Indulge
Brief
Certain Point
Loose
Copy Quote
My point is simple: When you win a match or a tournament, forget why the captain took certain decisions. Celebrate the victory. Do not try to analyse every decision.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Celebrate
Analyse
Captain
Match
Tournament
Copy Quote
You have got to field well. If you don't bat well, you can still make a difference by fielding well. There are times I have played games just because of my fielding.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Games
Make A Difference Difference Make
Played
Bat
Difference
Make A Difference
Copy Quote
When you bat, you need to have a lot of patience. I started training for it from the age of eight or nine. So, I knew what I needed when I stepped on the field to bat.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Eight
Needed
Nine
Training
Bat
Stepped
Copy Quote
I always thought that I played better when I was the captain. If you look at my record during the six years I was captain - except for a couple of series - I did very well.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Always Better Look
Captain
Copy Quote
It sounds sweet when, after a long time, people talk good about you, especially when you have done a lot for the country and played with distinction. It's good; it's a good feeling.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Distinction
Good Feeling
Time Good Sweet
Time People
Copy Quote
Allah is with people who show patience. If you are down in the dumps, Allah will help you if you have belief. But this is a personal thing between you and him. You can't fool Allah.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Patience
Belief
Fool
Thing
Allah
Between
Show
Down
Help
Him
Personal
Personal Thing
Copy Quote
I never played for records. If I had played for records, then I would have had many more runs against my name. If, by your performance, the team wins, then that is what is most gratifying.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Gratifying
Runs
Wins
Copy Quote
I had lost my grandfather just a month-and-a-half before I made my debut. I was suddenly scoring runs and getting into the fray. It was a very trying period for me. I was happy as well as sad.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Sad
Debut
Grandfather
Lost
Period
Runs
Scoring
Suddenly
Copy Quote
I used to take long walks in England. The second time I went there, it helped me to lose a lot of weight. When I wasn't playing, I used to spend the whole day walking. Going from shop to shop.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Walks
Time Me Lose
Shop
Copy Quote
When you are playing on the ground, you are a cricketer, but the moment you step off it, you are just another person. You need to talk to people nicely because you are who you are because of the people.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Nicely
Copy Quote
Cricket was a splendid chapter of my life; indeed, it made me what I am today. However, cricket alone isn't the only flavour of life. Sometimes, indeed, we tend to take sports too seriously and life too casually.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Cricket
Splendid
Casually
Chapter
Indeed
Copy Quote
If you ask me the best bowler, then Wasim Akram was the best bowler because he had a lot of variety. Even when you were batting on 100 or 150, you're not very sure... He could still get you out. That was his forte.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Batting
Forte
Variety
Bowler
Copy Quote
When you are scoring runs, you automatically become a good leader because you are armed with so much confidence. If you struggle with your performance, then it becomes very difficult for a leader to perform his role.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Good Leader
Armed
Automatically
Runs
Scoring
Copy Quote
I think when you are playing at the international level, there is so much television exposure that people are looking at your weaknesses and strengths, and you need to fox them at times. You have got to do something different.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Exposure
Fox
International Level
Strengths
Copy Quote
We in the Congress Party are hoping to do greater efforts to help the people of India, especially the downtrodden who find it very tough to get ahead in life. We are focusing on tackling issues related to unemployment and poverty.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Related
Tackling
Unemployment
Life People Tough
Efforts
Focusing
Hoping
Copy Quote
My uncle used to play cricket. I got used to the game at home. As kids we used to all wonder seeing the bats lying around the house. As we grew older, we realised what the game was all about, and then our interest in the game grew.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Bats
Cricket
Lying
Realised
Wonder
Uncle
Copy Quote
People are going to write things about you, but you have to take the good with the bad, so you shouldn't take it very seriously. If you take it to heart, it'll get very difficult to deal with. So, just take it with a pinch of salt.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Salt
Good Heart Bad
Pinch
Copy Quote
What has happened has happened. What is done cannot be undone. There is no point in looking back and ruminating over the past. I am a forward-looking man. I want to look ahead; I want to put my past behind me. I want to make my country proud.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Country
Done
Happened
Looking Back
No Point
Past
Proud
Undone
Want
Me
Ahead
Am
Make
Back
Behind
Cannot
Look
Forward-Looking
Man Look I Am
Over
Put
Point
Copy Quote
I want to improve cricket at the district level because lot of hardworking players come from districts. We have produced so many great players, but now we don't have players in the Indian team. My intention is to work hard for the game of cricket.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Cricket
Hardworking
Indian
Intention
Work Great Game
District
Produced
Work Hard
Copy Quote
It was only after I made my Duleep Trophy debut did I think I had a realistic chance to play for India. I scored a double hundred, and I realised that I had the potential to play for my country because I played the best bowlers in the country at that time.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Debut
Realised
Realistic
Best Time Chance
Double
Trophy
Copy Quote
A lot of things that should not be written were written without checking with me, things that were not in good taste. That hurt me. That is why I stopped talking to the press. Because they didn't want to ask me. They just wanted to write what they felt like.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Good Taste
Checking
Good Me Why
Copy Quote
At times, you are mentally but not physically prepared; at times, you are physically but not mentally prepared. I would be lying if I said it doesn't affect your performance. But the sooner you get over it, the better. So you discipline yourself. That is why fitness counts.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Fitness
Discipline
Lying
Over It
Prepared
Said
Physically
Why
Affect
Mentally
Sooner
Counts
Times
Performance
Copy Quote
After the match-fixing allegations, the one thing I had was patience. It took a lot of time for the courts to come to a verdict regarding the case. Sometimes, there were adjournments, but during that time, I had patience. We fought very hard, and finally justice prevailed, and we got the right verdict.
Mohammad Azharuddin /
Allegations
Hard
Verdict
Come
Lot
After
Case
Courts
Finally
Fought
Got
Prevailed
Regarding
The One Thing
Took
Copy Quote

Related Authors

Charles Spurgeon
Preacher
Thursday, Jun 19, 1834
Sunday, Jan 31, 1892
Dr. Seuss
Writer
Wednesday, Mar 02, 1904
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1991
William Blake
Poet
Monday, Nov 28, 1757
Sunday, Aug 12, 1827
Socrates
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Tyler, The Creator
Rapper
Wednesday, Mar 06, 1991
Elon Musk
Investor
Monday, Jun 28, 1971
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Philosopher
Thomas Jefferson
3Rd US President
Saturday, Apr 13, 1743
Tuesday, Jul 04, 1826
Mother Teresa
Saint
Friday, Aug 26, 1910
Friday, Sep 05, 1997
Kobe Bryant
Basketball Player
Wednesday, Aug 23, 1978
Niccolo Machiavelli
Historian
Monday, May 03, 1469
Tuesday, Jun 21, 1527
Lucy Larcom
Poet
Friday, Mar 05, 1824
Monday, Apr 17, 1893
Winston Churchill
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Monday, Nov 30, 1874
Sunday, Jan 24, 1965
Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor
Saturday, Apr 26, 0121
Friday, Mar 17, 0180
John Muir
Author
Saturday, Apr 21, 1838
Thursday, Dec 24, 1914

View All Quotes

Top Authors

Mother Teresa
Saint
Friday, Aug 26, 1910
Friday, Sep 05, 1997
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist
Wednesday, May 25, 1803
Thursday, Apr 27, 1882
Leonardo Da Vinci
Painter
Thursday, Apr 15, 1452
Friday, May 02, 1519
John Muir
Author
Saturday, Apr 21, 1838
Thursday, Dec 24, 1914
Paulo Coelho
Lyricist
Sunday, Aug 24, 1947
Thomas Sowell
Economist
Monday, Jun 30, 1930
Ernest Hemingway
Author
Friday, Jul 21, 1899
Sunday, Jul 02, 1961
Zig Ziglar
Author
Saturday, Nov 06, 1926
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Writer
Thursday, Aug 28, 1749
Thursday, Mar 22, 1832
Henry David Thoreau
Author
Saturday, Jul 12, 1817
Tuesday, May 06, 1862
Stephen Hawking
Physicist
Thursday, Jan 08, 1942
Winston Churchill
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Monday, Nov 30, 1874
Sunday, Jan 24, 1965
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34Th U.s. President
Tuesday, Oct 14, 1890
Friday, Mar 28, 1969
Vince Lombardi
Football Player
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1913
Thursday, Sep 03, 1970
Aldous Huxley
Writer
Thursday, Jul 26, 1894
Friday, Nov 22, 1963

View All Authors

Mohammad Azharuddin Quotes - Page 1

App & Tools

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

App & Tools

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page