175 Quotes by Sachin Tendulkar

Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit if a history regarding Pakistan.

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.

At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wanting to go to sleep. Now I know that's normal, so I'll just get up and watch TV or something. I know it's just my subconscious mind getting ready for a game.

I always had a dream to play for India but I never let it put pressure on me.

I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls.

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating.

Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world.

I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?