If you don't ask for the best, you don't get it.

On the onside, first there is God, then Sourav Ganguly.

Tendulkar must have known from his heart

I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.

I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.

Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgment, modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero. You can't get a more complete cricketer than Sachin. He has everything that a cricketer needs to have

Cricket is just something that I am good at, just like various people are good at various things. What's lucky is that cricket gets enormous publicity.