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I don't bother about image.
Fitness has nothing to do with age.
Anyone in the game can make any score.
Sachin Tendulkar was one of the fittest players.
I learned from Tendulkar how to get big hundreds.
When I play a cover-drive, I play it to score runs.
My shot selection has to be good to score big runs.
We don't need to run 5-6 kms, even in a Test match.
If you are disciplined, it shows you are organised.
Every coach desires to bring in his own support staff.
Experience always enables you to handle pressure better.
April 2nd is a memorable moment of my cricketing career.
Every player has his own mantra of working on his physique.
I have never been able to play consistently with soft hands.
Nothing is more thrilling than winning a match for your team.
If you know how to score runs, you can perform in any format.
I write what I like. I don't bother what people think about it.
I don't care whether I am politically correct or not when I tweet.
To say that the captain makes the team lose or win is not correct.
I curse myself if I get out without making a 100 after crossing 40.
Like life, the beauty of sports is that no two periods are identical.
The officers and jawans of CRPF have sacrificed a lot for the nation.
I was scared of facing only one bowler - that was Muttiah Muralitharan.
I don't like to party. I like to spend time with family on my birthday.
Sledging is an important part of the game, but you should never cross the line.
If I see MS Dhoni coming to bat at number 4, I will be the happiest person on earth
If I do commentary, write articles, or am an expert on a news channel, I can still earn money.
Whenever senior players are missing, its ideal for youngsters to avail of these opportunities.
If I had planned to score double and triple hundreds, I would probably not have made them ever.
Does it make a difference if I score 8000 or 10,000 runs in Test cricket? Not in anybody's life.
My style is my strength. It is my natural game. That is how I grew up and scored most of my runs.
I have matured in my shot selection but will not discard my style. I don't believe in wasting balls.
My best India v. Pakistan moment is from our first match in the ICC World T20 2007, which was a tie.
No Indian wants their sports persons to get left behind or any particular sports to get left behind.
As an international player, the players have to adapt to the condition no matter what the situation is.
I am the superstitious kind: I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out.
Many stories come from the dressing room that one doesn't speak when you are playing but can do once retired.
One should always be happy, irrespective of what you achieve in a match or in life. That's how I live my life.
When a person becomes satisfied, he doesn't run after things, doesn't worry about it, and doesn't make efforts.
I have been successful as an opener, but who knows, maybe I would have been more successful in the middle order.
I would like to ask, Should not a player who has played 12 to 13 years for his country deserves a farewell match?
There are days when you make runs, and there will be a dry spell. Like in business, every year you don't make profits.
Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.
Cricketers are worried about their milestones, worried that they should score 5000-10,000 Test runs, but I am not fussy.
Whenever I have played a game of cricket, whether it is under-16, under-19, or State level, my approach has been the same.
I don’t believe in technique, I believe in performance. If you are tough, whether you have technique or not, you’ll survive.
Only great players can have two shots for one ball, like Tendulkar does, and a big reason is that he picks the ball very early.
Cricket is not like a government job where retirement age is fixed at A cricketer can retire at 30 or 60; it's up to the player.
My father was a farmer, and we have had some farming land in Haryana. Maybe I would have followed his footsteps and become a farmer.
If any IPL team wants me to be a mentor or a batting consultant, I would love to do that. I can share my knowledge with the youngsters.