Gambhir Gautam Quotes & Sayings

I can bat in the morning, afternoon, evening, night, on ice, desert, wherever and whenever. It is almost nirvana for me. It takes me away from the stresses of life. — Gautam Gambhir

I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell. — Donna Tartt

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down. — Gautam Gambhir

Not getting a straight answer is a straight answer. — Sarvesh Jain

Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. — David Whyte

The face of the team are the people who're playing on the cricket field. The team is not about one individual. — Gautam Gambhir

Orlando was unaccountably disappointed. She had thought of
literature all these years (her seclusion, her rank, her sex must be
her excuse) as something wild as the wind, hot as fire, swift as
lightning; something errant, incalculable, abrupt, and behold,
literature was an elderly gentleman in a grey suit talking about
duchesses. — Virginia Woolf

I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the cricket field. It's very easy to captain people on the cricket field, but if you can start leading them off the cricket field, and show them that trust, what you have in them. — Gautam Gambhir

Letter from Griffith-- "I know it is difficult, but do work harder to control yourself. Mother was beside herself with worry when she found you rolling on the floor laughing over a book you were reading."
The memory brought a curve to Miranda's lips. It had been a very funny book. — Kristi Ann Hunter

I play for India, I play for the 100 million people of my country. — Gautam Gambhir

The future is unwritten. Cyberspace is the funhouse mirror of our own society, reflects our values and our faults, sometimes in terrifying exaggerations. It doesn't matter who you are today, if you don't show up in that mirror you are just not going to matter very much. Our kids have to show up in the mirror. — Bruce Sterling

Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that. — Gautam Gambhir

I believe in backing players and helping them out with their game. — Gautam Gambhir

To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me. — Gautam Gambhir

I think that a leader is someone that needs to make an impact on, off the cricket field and in their lives as well. — Gautam Gambhir

Yes, I'm the same grumpy Gautam who smiles very less on the field. I go very quiet before going into the match. I guess it works for me, though my team-mates keep telling me it is just a game. — Gautam Gambhir

I think Delhiites know how to party, but Kolkata has people who know how to celebrate. I think that's the main difference. — Gautam Gambhir

I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched. — Gautam Gambhir

Being an impatient guy, even off the field, I would always look to score runs and score them quickly. Sometimes I panic if runs are not coming. — Gautam Gambhir

When I'm playing a team sport, it's not about one individual, it's about everyone, from me to the other 23 people who were there, to all the support staff who've worked very hard behind the scenes. — Gautam Gambhir

There is little taste for 'high culture' especially in Evangelicalism, where the tendency has long been toward translation - making things accessible to the largest number of people. — James Davison Hunter

I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team. — Gautam Gambhir

I've always maintained that the problem in India is that we only give credit to big contributions. — Gautam Gambhir

I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me. — Gautam Gambhir

It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket. — Gautam Gambhir

Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers. — Gautam Gambhir

(Taken from the Foreword of 'Do Hard Things') One of my life's principles is to develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways and to help others do the same. — Chuck Norris

I think only a batsman will be able to tell you about the goose bumps he gets after hitting a perfect cover drive. I'm one of them. — Gautam Gambhir