If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets. – Sachin Tendulkar
I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself. – Sachin Tendulkar
Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit if a history regarding Pakistan. – Sachin Tendulkar
There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families and the countrys economic development. A girls lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children. – Sachin Tendulkar
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. – A. Bartlett Giamatti, "The Green Fields of the Mind," Yale Alumni Magazi