There are so many fans and so many people who care deeply about this game, and it is because of these fans that we are who we are as cricketers.

I leave with sadness, but also with pride.

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.

You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.

I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.

I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people's ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That's the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.