Vijay Shankar Quotes

The last three-fours years which I have been playing domestic cricket and international, I learnt a lot. I wouldn't say it has been great or fantastic, but it has been a roller-coaster journey.

I have many, many fond memories of Yuvraj Singh. He started under my captaincy.

I am a kid who played university cricket, so to be around international cricket is a blessing.

International sport is a lonely journey. You compete with one's self and try to grow as a cricketer.

I have made a few mistakes early on that I admit myself, and there have been times when I have gone over the top and done things that you shouldn't do in international cricket, but that's how you learn.

I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.

The making of 'Naked' was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different level.

I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.

At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education.

And then a great thing in my life was going to India.

I realise I would not be the bowler I am today without the experiences, positive and negative, that I have had in Australia down the years.

I've spent most of my life watching fast bowlers - initially as a kid on TV and later in the flesh when I started playing top-level cricket.

April 2nd is a memorable moment of my cricketing career.

I respect Test cricket a lot. Once I got into the Test team, I learnt so much about international cricket and realised it's not so different.

The Under-21s was a good experience for me and one I will take into the Euros.

To be honest I wasn't very good at football. I loved cricket and when I started making some big scores for my boys' team, I dreamed of becoming the next Border.

By the time I made my international debut Tendulkar was already being counted among the best batsmen in the world. Most bowlers knew that his was the crucial wicket in an Indian batting line-up that boasted of many talented batsmen.

I played a lot of my early cricket in Haridwar and Dehradun. But I just had to come to Delhi if I had to make a career out of it.

School cricket is where we all start. The journey of a cricketer starts from there, and it was the same for me.

I'm going to give international cricket one more crack. The Pakistan job seems like a perfect fit.

It's every cricketer's dream to play in the World Cup.

Being selected for West Indies actually changed my life.

Coming out of the Ashes in 2013-14 and the World Cup in 2015 I realised how much I wanted to be a force in international cricket.

For me, as a pocket quarterback, there wasn't much adjustment as I got older.

I totally enjoyed playing in Australia. I think they play very tough cricket, and the brand of cricket they play is very strong.