Kapil Dev Quotes
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If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?
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As an Indian, I would like to back my government.
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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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Good sports facilities are a blessing.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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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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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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I always breathe cricket.
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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 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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I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.
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Sports is my passion.
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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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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 was a naughty kid. Teachers did not like me much.
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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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I don't look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.
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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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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!