Kapil Dev Quotes
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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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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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As an Indian, I would like to back my government.
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Good sports facilities are a blessing.
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Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.
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As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what's good for individuals.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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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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Virat Kohli has so far shown that he has more ability and talent than anybody else, and if he can play till 32 or 34 with same fitness and without injuries, he will come to a point where not even Vivian Richards neither Sachin Tendulkar had such a record.
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My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.
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I always breathe cricket.
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I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.
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Sports is my passion.
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I was a naughty kid. Teachers did not like me much.
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Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.
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Look, if you take the best batting team in the world, they too will have their weaknesses - otherwise, wouldn't they win all the time? You mention any team to me, and I will pick out for you a dozen weaknesses. But that is not the point - these things, like fielding, running between wickets, all these are technical things, they can be learnt and practised.
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If I can do something for the game and the young cricketers through the ICL, I will not budge
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I don't look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.
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One can't feel old in a day or overnight!
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...his mother was very old, and his father was no longer alive - hence there cannot be another Kapil Dev!