I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar.

I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar.

A perfect smile is too often missing from the faces of the world. If cricket can provide more smiles, it is doing its job.

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.

He continues to give more than 100 per cent and his schoolboy-like enthusiasm for the game is something I envy and admire. For the team he is the best available coaching manual.

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