Kapil Dev Quotes
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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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People never expected a boy from a small town to have a life like I did.
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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 never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
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My role models have kept on changing.
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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If your work becomes a source of enjoyment and a challenge, it will never seem like work - it will be fun. If you ever feel that your work is a burden, there is no point carrying on with it.
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Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.
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The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.
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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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As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.
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Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.
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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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The hunger to win must not die... The appetite has to remain big.
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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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There is inspiration all around us.
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Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.
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The next generation has always been and will be better than the previous one. If it is not, then the world would not be moving forward.
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If you have two good off spinners, what is the problem in playing both of them.
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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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Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.
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It isn't easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.
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I am not too intelligent.
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If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?