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" In India, you need to look intense to be classified a good cricketing brain. "

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" I am a completely different person off the field, and my friends and family can vouch for that. "

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" Sometime you need to give credit to the opposition. "

" 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. "

" If you ask me, a batsman has very few opportunities as compared to a bowler. A bowler knows, if he gets hit for a six or a boundary, he has another delivery left to get back and take a wicket. For a batsman, one loose shot, and you are out. A bowler will always have 24 opportunities. "

" I love discussing my game with people who have similar mindsets. "

" Youngsters getting hooked to IPL is a dangerous sign for Indian cricket. "

" You need different skills to do well in 50-overs cricket. You need completely different skills to do well in Test cricket. You need different skills to do well in T20 cricket. It is not the same. "

" It's not a successful captain that makes a successful team. "

" Tests are special, the format closest to my heart. "

" Irrespective of whether Anil Kumble is the coach or Ravi Shastri, what's more important is that India wins. "

" I may try and get into education. I may open a school, and that is my ultimate dream. Opening a school will give education to children, who are the future of our country. If we can educate them in a proper way, I think that will change the future of the country. "

" My primary job is to score runs and make KKR win, and that's what I am trying to do. Rest, I don't think too much. That's how I have always played my game. "

" National interest is above anything else. Just because you sit in an air-conditioned room, you can say you shouldn't relate cricket and movies to politics. Ask anyone who has lost a family member to terror attacks, and you will get your answer. "

" According to me, there couldn't be a better choice for India's coach than Anil Kumble. "

" Ultimately, DDCA is there to promote Delhi cricket. They are not there to promote themselves or set agendas. The primary job of DDCA is to look after cricket, see where Delhi cricket is going at all levels. "

" I genuinely do not even see the stats. It is just about the ability of the individual; what he brings to the table is all that matters. "

" If a youngster can come up to me and share his problems or share his experiences or share something that he does off cricket, that can obviously help you build a better relation with one-on-one, and that can help you captain him on the cricket field. "

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

" I want to be part of the team that wins a Test series in England and Australia. "

" A small country like Israel has compulsory military training. But countries like India, that are so much bigger, have no compulsory military training, so people don't understand how the military functions. They have no knowledge of how it works, no respect for it. "

" I know that my job is to score runs, and I will continue to do that. "

" You don't want to end up with a huge tally of runs after eight games but with your team out of contention. "

" When I play for Delhi in Ranji Trophy, I try to help Delhi win, and when I play IPL for KKR, I aim to make KKR win. "

" Life of people of this country is far more important than any sports or any other thing. "

" 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. "

" There is no point in winning contests if you can't leave mental scars on the minds of the opposition teams. "

" Sledging makes things interesting. There are no robots playing. They are humans who want to perform well for the country. So when stakes are so high, emotions will take over. Sometimes sledging gets the best out of you. "

" When I am captaining a side, the way I play would be the way my team plays as well. If I will be joking around all the time, I wouldn't expect people to take me seriously. "

" I am an intense person on the field. I always want to win, as it matters to me a lot. That's why I never like to lose the focus or intensity. "

" My mood depends on how I treat my toothbrushes. Being a skipper is a strenuous job, and when you are going through a rough phase, obviously you start taking out your frustration. You can't take it out on anyone: you can't take it out on your teammates or your wife. The only person that is left is your toothbrush. "