" I Dont Watch You Because Of Cricket, I Watch Cricket Because Of You !!! "

Sachin Tendulkar---- The Person Whom Admire I The Most !!!

CRICKET WAS A MERE GAME, IT WAS SACHIN TENDULKAR WHO CONVERTED IT INTO PASSION !!!!

"Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."

As a blog article.... Ters nothin new 2 say... Its all Hackneyed... There are Great people who hav said a lot about him... I have collected them from various sources... n... Tats wht i am sharing with you now....!!!

Great Quotes About This Living Legend !!!

Even Reading A few of them can make u go goosebumps over him...!!!


Here Starts the Never Ending train.................



Shane Warne on Sachin After the famous Sharjah innings in 1998.
"I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player."

"Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours."--Michael Kasprowicz

Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
Yasir Hameed tries to zero in on the exact reason for dropping a vital catch in the third Test at Rawalpindi

The Most Beautiful Stance !!!..... Love watching It....

"Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova joins the Sachin Tendulkar fan club after watching him bat at Sydney.

"If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard."--Dennis lillee

"In an over I can bowl six different balls. But then Sachin looks at me with a sort of gentle arrogance down the pitch as if to say 'Can you bowl me another one?'"---Adam Hollioke

"I'd like to see him go out and bat one day with a single stump instead of a bat. I tell you he'd do okay."- Greg Chappell.
Sachin went to the umpire offered to play with a stump when, Ronny Irani complained that the blade of his bat is broader...!!!

Thats No way lesser Than A SIX !!!

"Sachin should come to our dressing room and asks sorry to every player for his superb innings" -- Wasim Akram on Sachin's crucial 98 in WC2003 against Pakistan.

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"- What Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.

"I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...his compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel !"- Sir Donald Bradman

He is 99.5 per cent perfect. I'd pay to see him bat---- Viv Richards.

Tendulkar is the most complete batsman I have stood behind. I saw the hundred in Perth on a bouncy pitch with Hughes, McDermott and Whitney gunning for him ? he only had 60-odd when No 11 came in. I've seen him against Warne too---- Ian Healy.

The Run Machine !!!

The pressure on me is nothing as compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, like God, must never fail. The crowd always expects him to succeed and it is too much pressure on him--- Mark Waugh.

"For me, the best batsman in the world is Sachin Tendulkar. I admire Jacques Kallis' consistency and Ricky Ponting, with the purple patch he's going though. Everybody gets 15 minutes of fame. But if there's one person I've admired over a 15-year period, it's definitely Sachin."----- Brian Charles Lara

That's Simply Awesome !!!

The Former Indian coach Greg Chappel said: "Sachin carries a weight of collective expectation to the crease that few can comprehend. Bradman would not have had the weight of expectation that Sachin has on him every time he went out to bat."

"You can never say that he is out of form. He is a volcano waiting to explode and we hope he doesn't do that against us in the one-dayers."------- Daryl Tuffey hints that Sachin Tendulkar's modest form may be the calm before the storm.

"Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin's dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way."-------Wasim Akram, after game at Hobart, CUB series, 1999.

The Reverse Sweep !!!

"Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal"-Brian Lara.

"I think there are some in this world who would find fault even with the best. This guy has scored over 10,000 runs or thereabouts in both forms of cricket but he is still criticised. It just amazes me."---Kapil Dev

"He is someone sent from up there to play cricket and go back" -Ravi Shastri

"His life seems to be a stillness in a frantic world... [When he goes out to bat], it is beyond chaos - it is a frantic appeal by a nation to one man. The people see him as a God... "--Mathew Hayden, Australian Cricketer on Sachin Tendulkar.

Its INDIA That Matters To Him The Most !!!

"Nobody likes to take a beating but you have got to be there in the middle to appreciate his genius"---Mark Waugh after the Chennai test in 1998

"Allan Border 1992 Series in Australia--> Sachin is so superb a player at the age of 18, I shudder to think what he will be when he has actually matured".........
"He 's already an atom bomb Mr. Border !!!"

"It is a burden that he has worn lightly in many years without losing the exuberance that is his trademark and his saviour. We must not expect too much of him. Already he has given us so much. But he isn't a machine, he's mere flesh and blood, and we enjoy him all the more because he dares to explore the edges of his game and of batting itself"----- Peter Roebuck

"The Upper Cut"--- One Of the Most Innovative Shots Ever In Cricket !!!

If u ask me who is the best batsman. I will darely say its Sachin. He is like GOD to me. Even Ricky(Ponting) and Brain(Lara) wont stand a chance.--- Brett Lee

Shane Warne "You have to decide for yourself whether you're bowling well or not. He's going to hit you for fours and sixes anyway." Kasprowicz has a superior story. During the Bangalore Test, frustrated, he went to Dennis Lillee and asked, "Mate, do you see any weaknesses?" Lillee replied, "No Michael, as long as you walk off with your pride that's all you can do".

Ted Dexter: (who chaired the panel, the Coopers & Lybrand award as the International Test player of the year) "This year Tendulkar has been the batsman nobody wanted to bowl at. He took Shane Warne apart in India, which illustrates his genius."

The World Comes To A standstill When He comes to BAT !!!!

Sunny: "The other day i was just trying to think of a bowler who can go through sachin's defenses when sachin is in total defense. I am sorry but i could not think of even one name who could do that. If sachin decides he doesnt want to give away his wicket, he wont. be it any bowler in the world"

"We are sick at the site of Sachin Tendulkar,,, just cant get him out"---Shane Warne during 1996 tour of India.

"If some one say that Sachin is not a Big Match Player throw that person from the highest peak of the world."---In Botham after WC final '03.

Shane "Warned" by Sachin !!!

When I came in to bat we needed 69 runs in five overs or so. I had a go at Mushtaq Ahmed who had taken two wickets and hit him for a couple of sixes. Qadir then came up to me said, "Bachchon ko kyon mar rahe ho? Hamein bhi maar dikhao" ("Why are you only hitting the kid? Hit me too.") Qadir was a great bowler and I was only playing my first series. I didn't say anything, but it fired me up. I took up the challenge and gave it a go. Ultimately we fell short only by four runs----- Sachin Tendulkar.

“Barely two hours after landing in Johannesburg on the 1992-93 tour to South Africa, the team was to visit Tolstoy Farm, Mahatma Gandhi’s first Satyagrahi Commune founded in 1910. It was situated 35 kms from Jo’burg and most of the Indian players showed little interest, longing to rest in the hotel after the long flight. But Tendulkar, still a teenager, looked keen and hungry to learn more about Gandhi. His volley of questions to the guide reflected his national pride.”
-------------This one is for the who blame sachin's national spirit... !!!

Thats Clinical Precision Personified !!!

"During our team meetings, we often speak about the importance of the first 12 balls to Tendulkar. If you get him then you can thank your stars, otherwise it could mean that tough times lie ahead."--- Allan Donald.

"If you are in nonstriker end and Sachin is playing his game then it is the best place to watch"-----

Saurav Ganguly.

’’Australia, we have a problem ; the first time an Australian attack featuring Warne has been put away with masterly precision. If Tendulkar can repeat in the Tests the type of innings he played, the Australians can say goodbye to their hopes of winning the series and turn their thoughts to saving it. The question of how to dismiss him must be shuffled backwards. The immediate concern is how to contain him.’’ ?------Mark Knox during Australia's tour of India.

The famous SIX Off Andy Caddick In WC 2003

"You just can't fox Sachin,He reads the ball so early. The class in him comes out when he picks the ball as soon as it is delivered from the bowler's hand"---Muralitharan.

"Yeah Shoaib Akhtar is a very aggressive bowler, but sometimes aggression kills aggression"--------Sachin After India Vs. Pak 2003 WC.

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!------Peter Rebouck.

"I have seen God. He bats at number 4 for India in tests." - Hayden

HE ALWAYS LOVES AND ENJOYS PLAYING CRICKET

"I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleastu wont regret if he hits you for boundaries"------- Allan Donald.

Andy Caddick To Captain Naseer Hussain in a test match at Leeds in 2001-"Oh!Where the Hell to ball him?" With quest shake of hand &some wrinkles on the face.

"I bowl this near perfect yorker and what do I find, the ball has been hit over the umpire's head, as straight as possible for a boundary, nothing that I could do"-- STEVE WAUGH, after the famous desert storm match in Sharjah.

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"He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also"---Waqar Younis.

"When sachin bats against pakistan the indian television audience EXCEEDS THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF EUROPE !!!"---- STATISTICS...

" I'm not very much worried because my side has been beaten by the great player called Sachin Tendulkar. We dint lose to a great team but we did lose to a great player.When someone like Sachin plays like this there isn't much u can do......just watch it"------- Steve Waugh(after the Sharjah defeat).

SACHIN IN SHARJAH... DURING HIS SANDSTORM INNINGS OF 134

"You get him out and half the battle is won" ---Arjuna Ranatunga

By Andy Flower
"There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world:-
1)Sachin Tendulkar.
2)All the others."

After the famous sharjah cup victory over australia , steve waugh happened to find coach anshuman gaekwad on the elevator.he asked him "say coach,how do you get him out "
the reply was "he has to decide when to get out ".

"Commit all ur crimes wen Sachin is batting.They will go unnoticed bcoz even the Lord is watching" - Placard at the SCG as Sachin was making his century.




Kumble: "I am fortunate that I have to bowl at him only in the nets."

Anshuman Gaekwad: "He is inside the dressing room, crying as if he is a baby and has just lost his favourite toy."This was after India lost the Chennai Test where Sachin scored 136."

Steve Waugh after the India-Australia WC 1996 match.
"As the straight drive went past the bowler like a jet and the 25K crowd at the Wankheded went bizzaire which gave me goosebumps, I could see a disappointed Glenn getting back to his strides but we all knew that the star had arrived".

"Sachin never fails in pressure situation, Pressure situation arises after Sachin goes."

Dhoni On Sachin’s form: "Sachin Tendulkar is great, he has got 16,000 runs we have not even played 16,000 balls. He is one of the players who can get back with a bang and be a match-winner"

HE DOES THAT ALWAYS

Adam gilchrist says.........." Some people used to say Sachin does not play well in finals. It was our misfortune that he chose to prove them wrong against us".

“Sachin is a great sportsman with true colours of sportsmanship. I would like to draw couple of his attributes like dealing with pressure, maintaining consistency and stay focused. I would like too seek his help in dealing with pressure. This would improve my perception in dealing with things.”--Narain Karthikeyan, F1 Racer.

Roger Federer, Beware of Sachin!!! He's got a Tennis ELBOW .... Obviously Kidding........ :)

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Billions of hearts weep

…..on the day when Sachin (GOD) retires.
Indians wish that day never comes. It would be one of the most disappointing days of our life. Ever since Indians started watching cricket, it was Sachin, Sachin & only Sachin who made them feel cricket so special. Sachin is only responsible for making cricket a religion in India. They haven’t experienced watching cricket without Sachin. Whether he was injured/rested, there was always a ray of hope that he comes back to team soon. But after retirement, he will never be coming back ………..If anyone wants to achieve anything in life, Sachin is the best example for them.
I feel most people find it hard to digest that Sachin will no more be a part of Indian cricket…….on that day, isn’t it?
JUST imagine that day, when Sachin plays his last game. He comes to bat for the last time, and everybody in the stadium claps & the chants of SACHIN!!! came for the last time after he gets out, while walking back to the pavilion, the entire crowd gives him a standing ovation. Many of them will be in tears, millions of eyes wet watching their hero play for the last time. An era ends. The end of a legend came…… The bond between every generation breaks. Would you miss Sachin a lot? I think most of people would say “YES”. The saddest day of Indian cricket- when the genius retires… :(


LOVE YOU SACHIN !!!