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" One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field. "

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" I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don't really worry about the result if there's great commitment on the field. That's victory for me. "

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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" If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There's no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country. "

" I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket. "

" A lot of things have changed since I made my debut in 2004. The way cricket is played has changed. The kind of players that are coming in the Indian team are drastically different than what we were used to. My role is quite the same. You only evolve with time, and that's what I am trying to do. "

" Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are. "

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

World

Lucky

" I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched. "

" It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done. "

" Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can't be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time. "

" Getting up quite late in the morning, going and trying to clean my bikes - I have quite a few of them in Ranchi - spending some time with my family, my parents and friends. Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass. These are the sort of things that really excite me. "

" When people talk about South Africa, it's all about lions and elephants. But when we talk about India, we talk about tigers. "

" If you have forest, if you have green forest, the water table goes up. What happens with deforestation is the water level goes down and we all know how much importance drinking water has. "

" For me, opposition is just another opposition. "

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Opposition

Just

" I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way. "

" If you don't really have a dream, you can't really push yourself; you don't really know what the target is. "

" For me, it's important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries. "

" Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping. "

" Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over. "

" I love to be in the moment. I love to analyse things a bit. "

" Since 2005, I have not spent much time with my family. In fact I have spent more time at the Taj Landsend in Mumbai. It was my 100th visit recently, which means I have spent more than 400 days in that hotel, and that is a lot more than I have spent with my family. "

" I never allow myself to be pressured. "

" Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision. "

" Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass. "

" If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life. "

" You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame. "