175 Quotes by Sachin Tendulkar

Let us celebrate the spirit of sport through the National Games

It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.

I fail sometimes, I succeed sometimes, so that's fair enough. It's a package deal. It comes with that package: failures and success.

I'm confident and I trust my instincts.

To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important because that's something which is within my control.

When I walk into bat, I should know that 'Yes, I've prepared to the best of my ability. I couldn't have done anything better.' That is when I feel that I am ready to go out and play.

I believe in controlling the control elements. Something where we don't have control on certain things, those things you obviously cannot waste your energy in trying to figure out 'How can I control this?' You would much rather focus all your energy on the things that you can control.

It really doesn't matter honestly to look at the scoreboard where it's 20 runs and 2 wickets down or 200 runs, 2 wickets down, because... if you're positive inside it really doesn't matter. It just requires different planning sometimes.

Any team sport, there are certain team targets and those targets should always be in the forefront.