Sometimes the best way to lead is by example.

Without any Motion or Movement, There is no Life.

It’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.

I live in the present with an eye on the future.

I resigned from captaincy because I wanted the new captain to get enough time for preparing a team before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

Winning and losing are part of the game. What matters is how you handle them.

Face the failure, until the failure fails to face you.

I want people to remember me as a Good Person, Not as a Good Cricketer.

My theory is to play as slow as possible, but yet be able to play the big shots.

I don’t like discussing cricket off the field.

When you die, you die. You don’t think which is the better way to die.

It’s like having 100 kgs put over you. That’s good enough to weigh you down. After that even if you put a mountain, it will not make a difference.

As long as you keep hitting the target, you’re fine. When you start missing, that’s when you have to be cautious.

Don’t take shortcuts. It’s important to put in the hard work and get the results.

Selecting a strong team without giving the new captain appropriate time isn’t possible.

The key to success is preparation.

Listen to your elder’s advice not because they are always right, but because they have more experience of being wrong.

Till the full stop does not come; the sentence does not complete.

The only thing I can control is myself, and just keep having a positive attitude.

I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.

The important thing is to keep your cool and stay focused.

You should always be ready to learn and adapt.

I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don’t worry about the result if there’s a great commitment on the field. That’s a victory for me.

I am playing cricket because I am enjoying it.

Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can’t be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time.

Every player has a role, and it’s important to understand and execute that role well.

If you want to achieve something, you need to focus on it.

For me, it is important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships; you will also get centuries.

As a captain, you want to keep the opposition guessing.

I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way.

The only way to improve is to keep playing and practicing.

I don’t mind repeating everything.

Self-Confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.

I don’t study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I’ve played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.

If you keep winning, you don’t know the areas you’ve to work hard.

I always believe in the power of good thoughts and hard work.

Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.

I never allow myself to be pressured.

If you don’t really have a dream, you can’t really push yourself; you don’t really know what the target is.

If you’re playing well, it’s great. But if you’re not, you need to learn to accept it and move on.

It’s not about how many runs you score or how many wickets you take; it’s about how you contribute to the team.

I always believe in the fact that there is something good in everything.

It’s important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What’s done is done.

I’m not selling anything, I’m just telling people what I believe in.

You have seen cricketers who are not god-gifted, but even then, they have gone far. That’s because of the passion.

You don’t play for the crowd; you play for the country.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

I think the positive things are that I’ve always been a fighter.

The biggest crime in cricket is to play the game with selfish intentions.

I have always believed that process is more important than results.