Sourav Ganguly

“A good opening stand is always crucial for a team.”

“Age is never a factor if talent is there.”

“A captain sees you differently from the way you see yourself. You need a captain who can push you.”

“Running-between-the-wickets is the ability to convert ones into twos, twos into threes, and threes into fours. And to reach the wickets on time.”

“Bangladesh, despite producing big upsets in the past, doesn't have the art of beating big teams consistently.”

“England has some very good cricketers. And don't rule West Indies out. They have some explosive players.”

“In your journey to the tag of winning-at-all-costs you can still behave, you can still do the right things by not crossing the line. Lot of champions have done it. Look at Rahul Dravid, Steve Waugh.”

“You have just got to live life and let others live.”

“They say with age your reflexes slow down. I've not felt it.”

“I love playing England. The teas at Lord's are good quality.”

“I wanted to take away the fear of failure from the youngsters because when I came into the Indian team I faced that pressure.”

“No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.”

“When you play cricket for India, you are always under the scanner. You are always judged by others; you have to live up to it all.”

“That happens on a cricket field. People have a go at each other. That's fair, that's fine. It's called Test cricket. It's not a day in the park.”

“It's Twenty20, anything can happen in the format. It's very difficult to predict and pick a favourite team in this format.”

“You don't want to turn up like a Nepal or an Ireland where the entire world thinks that you're not going to win. You rather turn up like an India or an Australia or an England where everybody says this team is going to win the World Cup.”

“Mistakes do happen and life goes on.”

“On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.”

“You can call it my bias or love for Harbhajan but if you are picking three best spinners in the country, he's got to be among them. Harbhajan is one bowler who should be playing all three formats of the game.”

“IPL is pure sport. The glitz and glamour is just 15 per cent. 85% is actually professional, hard cricket.”