Kapil Dev

“I don't look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.”

“When you have to work, work with a smile.”

“If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team's strength. But a rank turner might backfire.”

“All artists are crazy.”

“Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.”

“There is inspiration all around us.”

“Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.”

“Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.”

“Spirituality lies in what you do and how you do it and not what result you get.”

“I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.”

“I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.”

“Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'”

“When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.”

“Sports is my passion.”

“Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.”

“As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I am not too intelligent.”

“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.”