Sachin Tendulkar is already a 'Bharat Ratna' for Indian people because of his phenomenal success and the manner in which he has served Indian cricket for years.

I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.

No dream is ever chased alone.

You don't play for revenge, you play for respect & pride

If you don't ask for the best, you don't get it.

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.

You don't win or lose the games bcoz of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field.

There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.

Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.

Pravin Tambe is bigger inspiration than me for young cricketers

I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.

I don't paint what people expect, I paint what my heart yearns to express.

When superstitions enter the world of imagination, then intelligence and science become fiction.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

You do a movie and, even if it's not a comedy or it's not an action film, you get a little taste of it, and then I want to do it full force.

I like to focus on what I'm doing now, which is giving back. I've done interventions with people I've been close to.

Political movements always belong to the young.

A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.

If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her.