KAPIL DEV

There is inspiration all around us.

I, as a cricketer, would like to see 100 counties playing top-flight cricket, just like tennis and football. If I am alive to see that, I will be very happy.

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

I don't look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.

As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what's good for individuals.

Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.

Sports is my passion.

Virat Kohli has so far shown that he has more ability and talent than anybody else, and if he can play till 32 or 34 with same fitness and without injuries, he will come to a point where not even Vivian Richards neither Sachin Tendulkar had such a record.

All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.

If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?

People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.

Speed can't always get you wickets.

I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.

In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.

I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.

Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.

It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.

Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'

No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.

The hunger to win must not die... The appetite has to remain big.

I am not too intelligent.

I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'

Let me clarify it through the national news agency that I am not joining Aam Aadmi Party. There has been reports that I will be officially joining AAP, but I can assure you that nothing of that sort is happening.

Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.

The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.