On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.

Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions.

India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.

India has been born and reborn scores of times, and it will be reborn again. India is forever, and India is forever being made.

There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.

Freedom of the press is the mortar that binds together the bricks of democracy -- and it is also the open window embedded in those bricks.

It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

Diplomacy is much like the "lovemaking of elephants", which is accompanied with a lot of bellowing and other sound effects, but no one can be sure of the consequences for at least the next two years

If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

Terrorism is a principal preoccupation in most of our international contacts.

Dissatisfaction can be a source of inspiration if you learn to control it.

Good memories invite heaven.

Everyone may be called "comrade, " but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Our deal always was that we did one as scripted always, we got it like we thought we needed - so we were all happy with it as written. Then I'd let him play as long as we had time.

My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.

The last time I saw a brow that low I was watching slides in anthropology class

“Really, there are two types of people who go bowling. There are people who really, really love bowling. Then there are the people that are like: wouldn’t it be hysterical if we went bowling?”

As long as you know what you are doing and how to anticipate and throw, I don't think you need all that much physically.

The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.