Ravi Shastri

“If I have done a competent job, I should be respected for my competency.”

“I was a very determined cricketer. I treated the opening position as a challenge. Big names and tough attacks brought the best out of me.”

“It's always the captain's team and it is the leader who calls the shots.”

“You can't sideline players who can take a good helping for themselves in the Power Plays.”

“We live life in the present.”

“I am a winner, man.”

“It's not that every time India play they will have their best team on the park because there are bound to be injuries and other factors.”

“Aggressive cricket is a form of cricket where you play to win.”

“When you play the game, you want your mind clear. You want to be able to focus inwards without a care in the world for anything outside.”

“Individual don't matter, and we should all work in the best interest of Indian cricket. It should take the centre-stage.”

“As long as we know the job we are doing and we are honest to our jobs, as long as support staff we are helping players channelise their energies in the right direction, we are not worried about what critics say.”

“Life is much like batting, treating every ball on merit.”

“As long as we win more than we lose, we are happy.”

“In a tournament like the World Cup, you have got to be on top of your game every game.”

“MS Dhoni is a massive influence on the team. He is a living legend in the dressing room and an ornament to the game.”

“In local cricket, I scored big hundreds and picked wickets against good teams.”

“I never want to shy away from a challenge.”

“We have to do what's best for the team, as simple as that.”

“If we are confident of what we can do, then all opposition simply has to be treated as a whole.”

“Sometimes wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.”