“I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then ...” — Sachin Tendulkar Quote

I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.

I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.

I have never thought where I will go, or forced any targets on myself.

I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls.

At the international level, one has to keep working hard and develop new skills. International cricket is all about improving yourself.

I have always loved cricket since childhood.

Cricket had John Arlott, Wimbledon had Dan Maskell, we had Ted Lowe. He was great.

I am happy that I am getting a chance to play for Hampshire, because wherever I play, at the end of the day, I am recognized as a Pakistani, and if I do well, it is Pakistan cricket that gets a good name.

I wrote 'The Match,' my cricket novel, between 2002 and 2005. In retrospect, almost an age of innocence in cricket and a time when it was rare to find the game deep in fiction.