If you don't execute on your plans, then you don't reach anywhere.

It’s hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it’s all I have ever done since I was 11 years old.

I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there.

It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.

I have to learn from Sehwag how to play in the nervous 90's

I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.

Sourav's greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking - not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.