I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?
Sachin TendulkarIt really doesn't matter honestly to look at the scoreboard where it's 20 runs and 2 wickets down or 200 runs, 2 wickets down, because... if you're positive inside it really doesn't matter. It just requires different planning sometimes.
Sachin TendulkarI want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
Sachin TendulkarWhen there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.
Sachin TendulkarAny active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that. Cricket is in the foreground, the rest is in the background.
Sachin Tendulkar