Mithali Raj Quotes

You need different skills to do well in 50-overs cricket. You need completely different skills to do well in Test cricket. You need different skills to do well in T20 cricket. It is not the same.

Once I'm at the training ground, I'm focused, preparing for the next game.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

Before a match, I need to be alone. I need to reach concentration and focus on the game ahead of me.

I usually tried to stay in the net for 45 minutes, half an hour longer than most batsmen would stick at the county nets. There was a reason for this so-called gluttony of practice: it was a conscious effort to make myself concentrate for long periods of time in circumstances as close to the real thing as I could make them.

I don't think I'm conscious of most of the things I've drawn from football, because they're so ingrained in me now... understanding that the discipline and the routine and the regimentation to be successful.

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

Great performers - in sports, the arts, business, or whatever field - have undertaken massive amounts of training. And when that training is complete... they train some more, and harder than they expect to perform. Why? Training builds confidence and ensures peak performance.

Training-wise, you have to work on your weaknesses, preparing yourself properly for the game, on and off the field.

We players are very well aware that being a favourite won't win you a game, that your jersey won't win you a game.

It is not my domain to speak on pitches, but they play an important role in producing quality players in every format.

I think all you can do is prepare properly for every game but you also have to be realistic. Be realistic about what you are as a team.

You need talent and good coaching to be successful in the NBA.

I make sure that I'm 100 percent ready to go before I put that tee into the ground.

With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.

Guys are playing a lot of limited overs cricket and not making that adjustment when it comes to the longer version and pay a price for that.

Preparation is a mentality... With wrestling being my background, I've always learned to overwork, overwork. Work, work, work, work. It's not always the talented that wins, but it's the one who puts in the most preparation and thought into things.

My strength is my flexibility. As a batsman, I have to adapt to different roles and numbers and frankly, I have been around for a long time now to understand different situations.

We ignore noise, and we really just to try hunker down on preparation, our practice, and going out and trying to play our best games on Sundays.

I have to continue to train hard and when I have time to play I have to play well.

When I prepare for a game the names are not really important to me.

The fight takes 15 minutes. The build-up takes 90 days. It takes that for a reason.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.

It's nice to get comfortable with the plays before the season starts.

I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance.