I was lucky that I got to open for Delhi Daredevils. I got more deliveries to face.
– Shreyas Iyer
I realise that I need to be selfish at times as well as smart in decision-making and just not throw away my wicket.
– Shreyas Iyer
I do not play for money. I want to play the game to the best of my ability. If I do that everything will follow.
– Shreyas Iyer
About five years ago, I was offered a contract by the Clifton Village Cricket Club in Nottingham, England. I was staying with one of my teammates there and everything was new for me.
– Shreyas Iyer
It’s better to enjoy life – selection is a temporary thing.
– Shreyas Iyer
Cricket is my life. Before the cancer, I was happy-go-lucky. I used to think about my career and worry about the future. But post it, my thinking has completely changed. I’m happy to eat and breathe normally. I’m happy to have my life back.
– Yuvraj Singh
The bad boy image is something given to me by the media. I have been in relationships earlier, even for as long as three years. I am not saying I am a saint. I am like any other guy, I guess. Unfortunately, every time I even meet a person, it is reported as a link-up.
– Yuvraj Singh
Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I’m not captain.
– Yuvraj Singh
When one is young, aspiring to play for the country, doing well, any hindrance, like injury or being out of form, can be frustrating and a cause of annoyance or even anger. But once you have a close encounter with death, you realise the real value of life.
– Yuvraj Singh
I’m past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.
– Yuvraj Singh
I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them… on face value. I think that was how we were both, the way we were.
– Shane Warne
The first thing is to be patient, which is probably the hardest thing to do. Don’t worry if blokes are whacking you out of the park because you still have the opportunity to get him out next ball, even if it’s not the same ball.
– Shane Warne
The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can.
– Shane Warne
I can 100 percent tell you that I have not gone under the surgeon’s knife or had a facelift.
– Shane Warne
To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.
– Shane Warne
The hunger to win must not die… The appetite has to remain big.
– Kapil Dev
I don’t look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.
– Kapil Dev
The next generation has always been and will be better than the previous one. If it is not, then the world would not be moving forward.
– Kapil Dev
I always breathe cricket.
– Kapil Dev
Sports is my passion.
– Kapil Dev
As cricketers we fail all the time. You score a hundred every now and again but you get out between nought and 20 far more often. If you get 50, you feel bad because you should have got a hundred. Even if you get a hundred, you feel you should have got 150. So you’re always failing.
– Alastair Cook
I made my debut in 2006 and absolutely, there was the pressure of the cricket, but there was no social media. There was no direct feedback to your phone. If you wanted to, you could avoid it.
– Alastair Cook
You have to be very pragmatic, because you walk out to bat at the best time to bowl, with a brand new ball, against the best bowlers, who are fresh. And their job is to get you out, so when you fail there’s no point beating yourself up.
– Alastair Cook
I think a lot when I’m on my own – and much of it is about cricket.
– Alastair Cook
No matter how much cricket you have played you are always learning.
– Alastair Cook
I personally decided that I will practice batting in Australia.
– Ravindra Jadeja
I am not the guy who will think what others are thinking about you. Instead, I am the one who will always thinks about improving my game.
– Ravindra Jadeja
The more you play, the more people’s expectation increases.
– Ravindra Jadeja
I’ve been working hard on my fitness, skill, everything. Luckily it paid off.
– Ravindra Jadeja
My biggest achievement more than any award is contributing in a winning cause for my team.
– Ravindra Jadeja