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" It's always good to be under pressure. That's when you perform the best. At least, I do. It's in my nature. "

Mohammad Azharuddin

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" It was only after I made my Duleep Trophy debut did I think I had a realistic chance to play for India. I scored a double hundred, and I realised that I had the potential to play for my country because I played the best bowlers in the country at that time. "

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" What has happened has happened. What is done cannot be undone. There is no point in looking back and ruminating over the past. I am a forward-looking man. I want to look ahead; I want to put my past behind me. I want to make my country proud. "

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" Mentally, I am very strong; physically I am very strong. I think that keeps me going. That keeps me strong all the time. "

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" After the match-fixing allegations, the one thing I had was patience. It took a lot of time for the courts to come to a verdict regarding the case. Sometimes, there were adjournments, but during that time, I had patience. We fought very hard, and finally justice prevailed, and we got the right verdict. "

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" When you bat, you need to have a lot of patience. I started training for it from the age of eight or nine. So, I knew what I needed when I stepped on the field to bat. "

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" Many of us forget who we were before we became cricketers. I remember how hard I tried to get an autograph when I was young. "

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" My uncle used to play cricket. I got used to the game at home. As kids we used to all wonder seeing the bats lying around the house. As we grew older, we realised what the game was all about, and then our interest in the game grew. "

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" I have always been communicative. I can't help it if I have been misunderstood. Sometimes, people don't like straight answers. "

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" A lot of things that should not be written were written without checking with me, things that were not in good taste. That hurt me. That is why I stopped talking to the press. Because they didn't want to ask me. They just wanted to write what they felt like. "

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" If you ask me the best bowler, then Wasim Akram was the best bowler because he had a lot of variety. Even when you were batting on 100 or 150, you're not very sure... He could still get you out. That was his forte. "

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" My strength is my humility. When you are humble, people like you. "

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" People are going to write things about you, but you have to take the good with the bad, so you shouldn't take it very seriously. If you take it to heart, it'll get very difficult to deal with. So, just take it with a pinch of salt. "

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" Cricket has given me everything. If I'm anything today, it is because of the game... where I have given blood, sweat, and tears. "

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" I had lost my grandfather just a month-and-a-half before I made my debut. I was suddenly scoring runs and getting into the fray. It was a very trying period for me. I was happy as well as sad. "

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" What is important is that I am respected both on and off the field by cricketers and fans. "

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" It sounds sweet when, after a long time, people talk good about you, especially when you have done a lot for the country and played with distinction. It's good; it's a good feeling. "

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" The fact that I had attained stardom never affected me too much. "

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" I want to improve cricket at the district level because lot of hardworking players come from districts. We have produced so many great players, but now we don't have players in the Indian team. My intention is to work hard for the game of cricket. "

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" I think Bollywood and cricket go hand in hand. Glamour attracts glamour. Cricket has become a very glamorous game now. "

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" I think when you are playing at the international level, there is so much television exposure that people are looking at your weaknesses and strengths, and you need to fox them at times. You have got to do something different. "

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" You have got to field well. If you don't bat well, you can still make a difference by fielding well. There are times I have played games just because of my fielding. "

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" Cricket was a splendid chapter of my life; indeed, it made me what I am today. However, cricket alone isn't the only flavour of life. Sometimes, indeed, we tend to take sports too seriously and life too casually. "

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" When you want to do something, you have to do it whole-heartedly. "

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