"You don't play for revenge, you play for respect & pride."
"If you don't ask for the best, you don't get it."
"No dream is ever chased alone."
"I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself."
"I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important."
"Reading allows me to recharge my batteries."
"You don’t win or lose the games because of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field."
"You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life."
"I leave with sadness, but also with pride."
"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."