Cricketers are made to feel that they are very special. That is okay as long as cricketers realise they are only as good as their last innings.

Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field.

Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life. If you fail today, there's a second innings maybe two days later. Maybe there's another opportunity coming up three or six months later. If you look at mistake as learnings and commit never to make a same mistake again, then you actually get better with every mistake that you make.

Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals.

Cricket is not a rational sport in India, and we go overboard.

The moment you put a deadline on your dream, it becomes a goal.