Gautam Gambhir

Athlete

1981-10-14

Quotes by Gautam Gambhir

• I am happy to lose spots on the IPL Fairplay award list, but I cannot see my team slipping on the points table.

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• A small country like Israel has compulsory military training. But countries like India, that are so much bigger, have no compulsory military training, so people don't understand how the military functions. They have no knowledge of how it works, no respect for it.

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• I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.

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• Sometimes in a team game, the entire spotlight is on one man.

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• Cricket is a team game. If you want fame for yourself, go play an individual game.

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• When I'm playing a team sport, it's not about one individual, it's about everyone, from me to the other 23 people who were there, to all the support staff who've worked very hard behind the scenes.

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• I want to do whatever will make my team win.

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• I have been a part of the teams which had the original great man - Sachin Tendulkar. I remember in 2007-08 tour of Australia, Sachin paaji would get all the attention from the locals.

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• It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.

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• Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that.

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• My mood depends on how I treat my toothbrushes. Being a skipper is a strenuous job, and when you are going through a rough phase, obviously you start taking out your frustration. You can't take it out on anyone: you can't take it out on your teammates or your wife. The only person that is left is your toothbrush.

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• I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched.

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• If a youngster can come up to me and share his problems or share his experiences or share something that he does off cricket, that can obviously help you build a better relation with one-on-one, and that can help you captain him on the cricket field.

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