Kapil Dev Quotes
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Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.
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India didn’t play particularly well, but if you ask me I would say my best memory is we beat eventual winners Pakistan in a league match. It’s not a positive memory for me, but to say we beat the team which held the trophy makes me feel better.
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I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
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What is required is self-belief, most importantly. And secondly, you should be ready to listen, to be strong to acknowledge what your weakness is, and learn, improve... If you have that, then all this that you are talking about, fielding, running between wickets, they are all minor things...
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I, as a cricketer, would like to see 100 counties playing top-flight cricket, just like tennis and football. If I am alive to see that, I will be very happy.
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I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
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In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.
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Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.
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Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.
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If you have two good off spinners, what is the problem in playing both of them.
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It isn't easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.
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People never expected a boy from a small town to have a life like I did.
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As an Indian, I would like to back my government.
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Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.
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The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.
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As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.
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Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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I feel that World Cup cricket should be played like football in which all the 160 countries take part. If only a handful of countries are going to keep on playing in the World Cup without making the game popular, I will be a sad man.
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The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.
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When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
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The hunger to win must not die... The appetite has to remain big.
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I don’t tell myself I am a hero. People do look up to performers and think of them as heroes...Hero worship in India is too big. It is both right and wrong. It is fair to respect people who have done things that others haven’t but it is not right to traet them as gods.
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My role models have kept on changing.