Top 50 MS Dhoni Quotes

If you don’t really have a dream, you can’t really push yourself; you don’t really know what the target is.

Maybe because I bat aggressively and go for big hits at times, people tend to remember my batting. But I have always done well as a stumper, too.

In front of 40,000 people, you don’t really want to drop a catch or misfield. It’s part and parcel of the game.

Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people’s faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.

Unless you know the individual, it’s very difficult to advise that individual as to what he needs to do.

I have always believed that process is more important than results.

Our biggest strength has always been the fans. All over, wherever we have gone, CSK has got support.

I have faced challenges during the initial stages of my career, and I see Run Adam as filling a vacuum.

I live for the moment – not the future, not the past.

I feel some of the sides are blessed when it comes to having allrounders.

Since 2005, I have not spent much time with my family. In fact I have spent more time at the Taj Landsend in Mumbai. It was my 100th visit recently, which means I have spent more than 400 days in that hotel, and that is a lot more than I have spent with my family.

Making important medicine more available and affordable is a great thing for the country, and Netmeds is one the mainstays in the space. They have a long legacy in the pharma business, and they are making it easier for people to stay healthy.

I love to be in the moment. I love to analyse things a bit.

If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There’s no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country.

When I’m at home, I love playing action-oriented computer games.

I care most about how people live their lives, what choices they make, and how they get the best from themselves.

Selecting a strong team without giving the new captain appropriate time isn’t possible.

I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.

I’m quite used to playing with few injuries, whether it is back, fingers, elbow, or something else. You have to be tough and get on with the game.

You have seen cricketers who are not god-gifted, but even then, they have gone far. That’s because of the passion.

You can’t take any team lightly.

Strong characters are needed in the game.

The biggest learning during my tenure as a captain was that, a lot of time, I used to think that this is common sense. But no, there is nothing called common sense.

I am touched by the admiration and ovation I receive from CSK fans, which will always remain close to my heart.

You go through tough times. What I personally believe in is you should forget the stats. But also, it pushes you to see the areas where you have to work on to be a consistent team.

If you don’t perform, and you’re part of the team, whether you’re playing your first Test or 50th Test match, criticism goes hand in hand, so that’s something you can’t really get away from. If you don’t perform, you will be criticised.

I resigned from captaincy because I wanted the new captain to get enough time for preparing a team before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.

Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel – that’s my favourite time-pass.

I like to make statements on the field.

Nobody really wants to bowl a bad over, but if it happens, the individual is more disappointed than anyone else in the stadium or the team. Ideally, it is best to leave him to this thoughts and then have a chat with him after the team is back at the hotel when he will be less frustrated and more accepting.

I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don’t really worry about the result if there’s great commitment on the field. That’s victory for me.

I never thought of playing for any other franchise other than CSK. Chennai is my second home. Fans here have adopted me as one of their own.

Everybody has views in life, and it should be respected.

Run Adam will play a significant role in aspiring sportspersons’ life to achieve their dreams.

I really don’t care what people say; I found Srinivasan as someone who was always there to help cricketers.

If you have forest, if you have green forest, the water table goes up. What happens with deforestation is the water level goes down and we all know how much importance drinking water has.

Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am.

The reason why people love T20 is the sixes and fours.

The more allrounders you have, the more difficult it becomes for the opposition. The reason being, if you have players who can bat and bowl, and if they are proper allrounders – they may be spinning or fast-bowling allrounders – they add to the strength of the team.

If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it’s something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.

During a packed season, maintaining fitness becomes tough because you can’t put too much effort into it. You’re constantly monitoring workloads.

My wife wants me to eat fish; she says it is delicious. But I don’t like fish, so that is that.

When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the Under-16 or the Under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side.

If the batsman is playing good shots, you accept it, but it is important that we bowl according to what the plan is and not go off it.

You have to see that cricket is developing as a sport because what’s very important is you want cricket to be a global sport when it comes to participation.

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.

You can’t make three or four spinners bowl the exact number of overs. You don’t see the number of overs bowled by them before you make a bowling change; you see who looks effective and make a bowling change.

You need to perform consistently, and if you’re raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.

Till the 10th standard, I was quite good – I got 66% that year. After my 10th, I got really involved with cricket, so I didn’t have any time to study. And my parents didn’t push me, either, which was very good for me.