A biography for Gautam Gambhirhasn’t been written yet.
“For most part of my stint as KKR leader, I have always been one of the boys: easy-going, relaxed, and a bit of a prankster.”
“Youngsters getting hooked to IPL is a dangerous sign for Indian cricket.”
“Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that.”
“T20 runs should only be a criteria to get selected for a T20 side. The moment you start picking players in the one-day format by their T20 performance, then you are giving your domestic 50-over competitions absolutely no relevance.”
“Obviously, you want to get big runs. But then, as a captain, you want to play on result-oriented wickets.”
“I want to be part of the team that wins a Test series in England and Australia.”
“I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.”
“I can bat in the morning, afternoon, evening, night, on ice, desert, wherever and whenever. It is almost nirvana for me. It takes me away from the stresses of life.”
“Sportsmen do not need Bollywood or film industry; they do not need publicity: it could be the other way round.”
“When you go out on the field, you don't go out to make friends... I play to win the game and not just to compete.”
“Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.”
“I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.”
“I never thought of starting a cricket academy because every second person is starting a cricket academy.”
“If a youngster can come up to me and share his problems or share his experiences or share something that he does off cricket, that can obviously help you build a better relation with one-on-one, and that can help you captain him on the cricket field.”
“I am happy to lose spots on the IPL Fairplay award list, but I cannot see my team slipping on the points table.”
“If there is hockey or football and cricket on my television, I prefer to watch hockey.”
“Strike rates depend on the surfaces you play on.”
“People who are talking about banning IPL, they should think about many other things that are troubling the country. People who want to look after IPL will do.”
“I genuinely do not even see the stats. It is just about the ability of the individual; what he brings to the table is all that matters.”
“My primary job is to score runs and make KKR win, and that's what I am trying to do. Rest, I don't think too much. That's how I have always played my game.”