Sachin's Quotes & Sayings

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler. — Sachin Tendulkar

Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world. — Sachin Tendulkar

At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wanting to go to sleep. Now I know that's normal, so I'll just get up and watch TV or something. I know it's just my subconscious mind getting ready for a game. — Sachin Tendulkar

Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgment, modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero. You can't get a more complete cricketer than Sachin. He has everything that a cricketer needs to have — Rahul Dravid

Making an effort is in your hands. Giving 100% is in your hands. — Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin is the greatest role model I've ever met. — Gary Kirsten

There have been ups and downs, but it has taught us a lot in life. Going with the team through those ups and downs is a terrific journey. — Sachin Tendulkar

What mattered to me most when I was batting was feeling comfortable. As long as I felt comfortable, it didn't matter where I was playing or who I was playing against. If you make technical adjustments to cope with different conditions, there's a risk of making yourself feel uncomfortable and of thinking too much about your technique. I've always felt that I've batted best when my mind has been at the bowler's end of pitch, not at my end. There's no time to think about both ends at the same time. So in general it always seemed to me that If I was comfortable with my gear, it would allow my mind to be at the opposite end and I had a better chance of playing well. — Sachin Tendulkar

Look at not its value[sic], for its value addition shows its worth. — Sachin Kumar Puli

How did I acquire those habits? Perhaps that's what happens during he forging of a relationship: if nothing else, you adopt some of the other person's habits. It makes you feel those adoptions, make him one of you.

Have you picked up habits from me? Do you draw circles with a finger on your thali when you have finished eating? Do you, every once in a while, squeeze shaving cream on to your toothbrush? DO you sleep with a knee drawn up to you, the bedclothes kicked away? Do you fold the newspaper neatly and put it where you found it, when you are done?

Yesterday, when a cobalt blue smudge of wall ended up on my hand, I wiped on my trouser without thinking. — Sachin Kundalkar

Sachin is the soul of Mumbai Indians, and I am sure he will guide Bhajji as he takes on the responsibility of captaining Mumbai Indians. — Nita Ambani

If Destiny throws a stone at you, don't let it become a millstone. Make it into a milestone. — Sachin Tendulkar

Today if I'm a cricketer it is because of Sachin Tendulkar. Else, I would never have picked up a bat. He's the reason behind me playing cricket — Virender Sehwag

people who have made India awesome aren't all politicians. Most of the people that did this are not from the government. Whether it is entrepreneurs like J.R.D. Tata and N.R. Narayana Murthy, sportspersons like Sachin Tendulkar or musicians like A.R. Rahman, people from all walks of life have helped improve our nation. Not just celebrities, but E. Sreedharan, responsible for the Delhi Metro, and Dr Verghese Kurien, who created the Amul revolution, were all ordinary people doing their work extraordinarily well. Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda, two of the most influential figures in India's history, never held political office. Aim to be one of those people who made India awesome. — Chetan Bhagat

I couldn't have asked for anything more than this. Winning the World Cup is the proudest moment of my life. Thanks to my team-mates. Without them, nothing would have happened. I couldn't control my tears of joy. — Sachin Tendulkar

Lara's done very well recently and I never had any doubts about the abilities of Lara or Waugh. — Sachin Tendulkar

I'm willing to grind, endure & suffer to wake that beast within me, to grow, accomplish & win. — Sachin Kumar Puli

Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time — Wasim Akram

When e-commerce companies build scale, cost comes down. Companies that can handle scale and reduce costs over time will win. Margins will come from reducing costs over time and not by increasing prices. Technology is the answer at large scale. — Sachin Bansal

I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first. And Mumbai belongs to all Indians. — Sachin Tendulkar

There will never be another Sachin Tendulkar. — Muttiah Muralitharan

I have to learn from Sehwag how to play in the nervous 90's — Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is a genius. I'm a mere mortal. — Brian Lara

Health care is at the beginning of a dialogue with the world ... as health care providers, we have to ask ourselves this question: What stories are we not hearing? — Sachin H. Jain

We both disliked rude rickshwalas, shepu bhaji in any form, group photographs at weddings, lizards, tea that has gone cold, the habit of taking newspaper to the toilet, kissing a boy who'd just smoked a cigarette et cetra.
Another list. The things we loved: strong coffee, Matisse, Rumi, summer rain, bathing together, Tom Hanks, rice pancakes, Cafe Sunrise, black-and-white photographs, the first quiet moments after you wake up in the morning. — Sachin Kundalkar

Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar. — Sachin Tendulkar

I used to crack A joke when Sourav Ganguly is upset and make him happy , i usually speak in bengali which would make him laugh — Sachin Tendulkar

The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident. — Sachin Bansal

I really want a movie made on Sachin Tendulkar's life. That is something I'm looking forward to. There will be so much emotion to that movie. — Virat Kohli

When you compare the icons of the game, you have Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Dhoni in the same bracket. — Ravi Shastri

It is my job to make runs for the country and win. That is the job I have to do. — Sachin Tendulkar

Forgive, Adapt and Evolve, because holding on stagnates your opportunity of being better. — Sachin Kumar Puli

It seems to me that no autobiography can claim to document every detail of the author's life. That's impossible. There are — Sachin Tendulkar

I'm so disappointed at what's being written and said about Anil Kumble ... He's been around for over 18 years and his achievements do all the talking. — Sachin Tendulkar

It's mental discipline that sets one apart, the ability to think differently and to generate energy in the right direction. — Sachin Tendulkar

It's really difficult to pretend that you are happy when you actually are not in a state to face someone!! — Sachin Jha

Perfection's a myth, the latter was only meant to define it. — Sachin Kumar Puli

I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there. — Sachin Tendulkar

Whatever happens, happens for the best.' That's how any domestic counselling starts in a Marathi family. Everyone in every family has an inner psychiatrist who rises to the occasion with some home-made mottos, a few lines from Jagjit Singh ghazal. An older generation may quote Tukaram but underlying all this is the bedrock phase: Whatever happens, happens for the best. — Sachin Kundalkar

I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger ... so literally, you've played two balls. — Sachin Tendulkar

Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defence tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace are truly amazing. I'd like to meet the chap sometime and take my hat off to him. — Peter O'Toole

I don't open the newspapers (to see what's written about me). I don't read them and you can see them hanging at the stand outside my hotel room. I focus on my game only. Last 21 years have been really special for me and I throughly enjoyed my joyful journey — Sachin Tendulkar

It really doesn't matter honestly to look at the scoreboard where it's 20 runs and 2 wickets down or 200 runs, 2 wickets down, because ... if you're positive inside it really doesn't matter. It just requires different planning sometimes. — Sachin Tendulkar

When I was 15, I started playing first class cricket and always dreamt of being a Test cricketer, wanted to do something for the country, married in 1995, have 2 kids it's been great. — Sachin Tendulkar

It's important not to take anything for granted. — Sachin Tendulkar

That you should not be here when something we've both wanted happens is no new thing for me. Today too, as always, you're not here. — Sachin Kundalkar

It's important to work hard - there's no short cut around that. — Sachin Tendulkar

It's hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it's all I have ever done since I was 11 years old. — Sachin Tendulkar

My life, between 22 yards for 24 years ... It's hard to imagine that this is coming to an end. — Sachin Tendulkar

To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important because that's something which is within my control. — Sachin Tendulkar

Unwilling to give-up & willing to fail. That's how you succeed. — Sachin Kumar Puli

I am not fond of Money but what i have to do in order to get it, i am fond of what i get in exchange for it's worth rather than money itself. — Sachin Kumar Puli

Having, and seeing, your dreams is very important, and so is chasing those dreams. You see dreams when you sleep, and as you chase your dreams, it keeps you awake. So it's important to stay awake. — Sachin Tendulkar

Obviously if you're positive, then there's positive energy flowing in your body. The moments are smoother - thought process is smoother. But if there is doubt, then also your body's not going to move that well, your thought process is not clear. — Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin is cricket's God. — Barry Richards

At Amazon, we were not working with the e-commerce division but with the Web services team. We started Flipkart completely from scrap. Moreover, the whole shopping behaviour and infrastructure challenges in the Indian market were different from that in the U.S. and European markets. — Sachin Bansal

Finding the reason to live doesn't put you on top, it's the hardships faced in process that get you there. — Sachin Kumar Puli

Great individuals and great performances build a team, which produces brilliant performances. — Sachin Tendulkar

It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it. — Sachin Tendulkar

The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us. — Sachin Tendulkar

The best thing about Sachin Tendulkar is that he's completely rooted, down to earth, and a thorough gentleman. He's probably the best thing to have happened to Indian cricket and maybe Indian sport as a whole. — Sania Mirza

When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well. — Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third. — Shane Warne

I have only men like you n novels, men who lived their own idiosyncrasies. — Sachin Kundalkar

What is love?

Love is trust. The belief that someone will not leave me for the world,will be there beside me in good and bad times, and will love me,when i would have nothing to offer him. — Sachin Garg

You know what is the worst thing in the world?
You are amidst this crowd, a swarm of people,
Who think they connect with you,
Every one of them, in their own way.
But in reality, you are being ripped apart,
Connecting with each one of them.
It is a constant struggle to connect with someone,
To be heard,to be understood,to be loved, to be accepted.
And it is done with a glimpse of hope,
That someone from these known and unknown faces,
Will hear you out, someone with a warm & genuine smile,
Will touch your heart.
And that's precisely when,perhaps,you would say,
Yes, THIS IS ME. — Sachin Garg

I bumped into freakish backpackers, made random friends and heard some unusual stories in the time that I spent there. But more than anything, I realized that if ever there was a place tailor made for self-discovery, it would have to be Rishikesh. — Sachin Garg

If your strengths don't, then your weakness's will soon define you. — Sachin Kumar Puli

Very sorry to disappoint you, guys. It was not for my girlfriend but for Sachin Tendulkar. — Yuvraj Singh

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others — Andy Flower

Everyone at home was very supportive, but my father always said that all he wanted me to do was give it my best effort without worrying about the results. — Sachin Tendulkar

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle. — Sachin Tendulkar

Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds. — Sachin Tendulkar

Valuation depends on several factors. From an investor angle, they look at leadership position, management, and what the company's offerings are. I think these three things got 5/5 for a company like Flipkart, and that is what is driving valuations and growth. — Sachin Bansal

The result is that the same generation is in danger of growing up with 170 terabytes of knowledge and information, but not more than a few bits of wisdom. — Sachin Kalbag

Rahul is always been in the shadow of Sachin. If you take his record it's as good as Sachin's but you cannot compare both as they are different kind of players. Rahul is a complete cricketer. — Muttiah Muralitharan

Even though Sachin is great, I have always found Rahul more solid and hard to get out. He has a solid defense and plays less shots than others. When a batsman plays less shots then it is tough to get him as he makes less mistakes. — Shoaib Akhtar

Even if my grandchildren don't remember the fact that I scored 10,000 runs in Test and ODI cricket, I am confident that they will remember that Sachin Tendulkar used to be my team-mate. — Rahul Dravid

To Sachin, the man we all want to be. — Andrew Symonds

I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches. — Sachin Tendulkar

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important. — Sachin Tendulkar

I fail sometimes, I succeed sometimes, so that's fair enough. It's a package deal. It comes with that package: failures and success. — Sachin Tendulkar

Sourav's greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking - not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back. — Sachin Tendulkar

I really like Iceland. One of the nicest things about it is that I hardly ever had to reach for my credit card. There's practically nothing there to go shopping for. — Sachin Tendulkar

If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong. — Sachin Tendulkar

I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player. — Shane Warne

If you don't execute on your plans, then you don't reach anywhere. — Sachin Tendulkar

One of the fundamental rights of mankind should be that of wearing as many or as few clothes as one likes inside one's own home. — Sachin Kundalkar

Don't be perfect,
don't pretend to be perfect,
just stay raw n think at the end of day what you do is right or wrong ... — Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar is a guy you don't want to chat to period, because he will knuckle down- Brett Lee tells you why one must never sledge Sachin Tendulkar It is an amazing achievement to play for the country for over two decades and still continue to be the team's anchor. Sachin makes all of us so very proud — Manmohan Singh

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field. — Sachin Tendulkar

If I have a son and he decides to play cricket, I will want him to bat like Sachin Tendulkar. — Brian Lara

Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin's dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way. — Wasim Akram

Some people call it fearless, some people call it confidence. And I feel I'm confident of whatever I do. — Sachin Tendulkar

I feel really blessed when people start comparing me with Sachin, but I keep myself focused on my performance and not on such comparisons. I literally worship him, so I don't see too much in this comparison. No cricketer has been able to score one hundred centuries like Sachin. — Virat Kohli

Along with the talent, you also need direction. — Sachin Tendulkar

There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children. — Sachin Tendulkar

Chase your dreams ... but make sure you don't find shortcuts ... — Sachin Tendulkar

I don't know about Cricket but still I watch Cricket to see Sachin play..Not because I love his play, its because I want to know the reason why my country's production goes down by 5 percent when he is in batting — Barack Obama

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage. — Sachin Tendulkar