Read on few of the quotes about
Sachin...
I m sure everyone would enjoy each
& every word of it…..
Ø "Nothing bad can happen
to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." - Hashim
Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.
Ø "Sometimes you get so
engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you
lose focus on your job." - Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper.
Ø "To Sachin, the man we
all want to be" - Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed
specially for Sachin.
Ø "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."
- BBC on Sachin
Ø "Tuzhe pata hai tune
kiska catch chhoda hai?" - Wasim Akram
to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch in 2003 WC
Ø Sachin is a genius. I'm a
mere mortal. - Brian Charles Lara
Ø "We did not lose to a
team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin."- Mark Taylor, during
the test match in Chennai (1997)
Ø "The more I see of him
the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."- M. L. Jaisimha
Ø "The joy he brings to
the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the
adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a
one-in-a-billion individual," - Glen McGrath
Ø "I can be hundred per
cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying
himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as
he feels he can play," - Anjali Tendulkar
Ø "Even my father's name
is Sachin Tendulkar."- Tendulkar's daughter,Sara, tells her class her
father's name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name
in Mumbai.
Ø Question: Who do you think
as most important celebrity? Shah Rukh Khan: There was a big party where stars
from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all
wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and
Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!- Shah Rukh Khan in
an interview.
Ø "India me aap
PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain.. Par Sachin
Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte"-Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV
Ø He can play that leg glance
with a walking stick also.- Waqar Younis'
Ø I Will See God When I Die
But Till Then I Will See Sachin'- A banner in Sharjah
Ø Sachin Tendulkar has often
reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show
how he has conquered bowlers all over the world. 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.
Ø His reflex time is the best
I have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not
prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries. - Allan Donald
Ø 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 - Aussie
journalist
Ø "Sachin cannot cheat.
He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear
discrimination. "- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was
accused of ball tempering
Ø There are 2 kind of batsmen
in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others.- Andy Flower
Ø "I have seen god, he
bats at no.4 for India !!!" - Mathew Hayden.
Ø When Sachin Tendulkar travelled
to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in
cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never
been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world
champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam. When
Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer
was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an
unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR
was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the
Nehruvian economy. It seems while Father Time was having his toll on every
individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen
in front of our Sachin.
And today when majority of the above
legends are retired, our GOD is still active and breaching all kind of
benchmarks.
Jai ho and a salute for this great
man................
We have had champions, we have had
legends, but we have never had a Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.*
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