You learn as much from those you don’t like as you do from those you do.

I have a lot of self-belief, and I think it will happen. I think I will just get better and better. It’s what great players do; they don’t let up on anything. And I wouldn’t do that anyway.

I am confident in my ability, as I always have been, and that I will be capable of maintaining my form, if not improving, year in, year out.

I’ve learned that you should only try to be better than who you were yesterday.

I know opportunities will come my way.

I got some time off from international cricket so I could come back to India and reflect on what was not going right for me.

Everybody enjoys each other’s success. We are always pushing each other to get better on the field and off the field, helping each other out in the nets or in the gym. That’s the most important thing.

For about three years I was performing at one bar in East Los Angeles that was like a mean dive bar. You’re in there performing for drunks or bikers, not the most flattering people. I think it helped build my confidence, because you have to get their attention, then make them laugh.

Success is not just about winning. It’s about the lessons learned along the way.

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

When I first decided I wanted to make beats and write songs and stuff like that, it wasn’t like I sat down and the first thing I wrote was even halfway legit. It took a while to find my way through it.

Push your limit to be the best. It’s not about competing with others, it’s about competing with yourself.

Like anybody, I like clothes, and I enjoy what I like to wear. We might have a difference in personal outfit choices. Some might not like it. But to judge someone because of their appearance is pretty foolish. If you have time to do that, I suggest you look at yourself in the mirror and spend more time developing yourself. Come on, it’s 2013.

It’s important in life if you don’t give a shit. It can help you a lot.

You got to want to evolve. It’s something you can practice on but it just came to me. I wasn’t really sitting there like, ‘What can I do to get better?’ It just came to me, talking to my people and my crew. They just tell me what my strongest and weakest points are at

You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you’ve got to be different and even more better.

All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.

Let me tell you something. There is no nobility in poverty. I’ve been a poor man, and I’ve been a rich man. And I choose rich every Time. Coz at least as a rich man when I have to face my problems, I show up in the back of a limo wearing a 2,000 Dollars suits and a 40,000 dollars gold watch.