Sourav Ganguly Quotes

When you taste first place, if you then go and finish fourth, you will be disappointed.

Inter did not treat me well. They did not recognise my value despite me winning the Italian Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

Frankly, I was extremely jealous of his scenes with Zoe Saldana and I think it's totally unfair that I never got to do that. I will never forgive the writers and the director, for having put me in this position, to have to be watching that, rather than participating.

I was hoping for a little more faith in me following my performances after the 2010 World Cup.

I don't get to keep the dresses I wear. It is not fair.

I lost my captaincy after winning the series 2-0, and also getting a Test match 100. I never captained India after that. I couldn't play one-day cricket in spite of being the best ODI player in the world at that time.

In 2009, I was on top of the world. It was truly the greatest year of my life, both personally and professionally. In 2010, it was the furthest thing from that. It was the most terrible year of my life, both personally and professionally.

I went to Cardiff on trial for six weeks and felt I did really well, but then they turned around and said they weren't going to sign me. It was a bitter pill to swallow because Hereford, where I was playing at the time, were scrapping their youth team, so I didn't have any other options.

I felt like in Tampa Bay a lot of people thought we were overachieving.

I really hate racism because I saw people denied possibilities.

Life's not fair, I guess.

Nobody at the FA has ever explained why I was overlooked and not even asked for an interview.

You know when you've had a good game, and you know when you could have done better.

I work so hard for what I do. To achieve what I have has taken me half of my life to be able to achieve what I have achieved. And for people to think I have taken a shortcut, it's not right, and it's not fair.

I'll never know what happens behind closed doors or why I don't get hired for things.

I've been to the top. I've also been at the bottom.

Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.

I always had a fair share of hits and flops.

It used to get my back up because people would only say 'he does well for his size' and it's like, forget the size, I do well because I do well.

Discrimination will impair democracy.

People will say I'm only where I am because of my husband or because the team might want to employ a woman, but you don't get to drive a Formula 1 car unless you're good enough, especially with a top team like Williams.

It is difficult to stay motivated when you cannot win a title anymore.

People who have no stake in society are the least likely to have respect for it.

It looks cool if you're averaging 20 and 20, but if you're losing games, it's not the same feeling.

Do I get irritated by the no-Pro Bowl thing, never making a Pro Bowl? Yeah, I do.