Dinesh Karthik Quotes

Sometimes you have to re-invent yourself in this business in order to be accepted in different roles.

Having to play Test matches for a month and then switch to T20s in five days is not easy, but that's the kind of challenge I love to face.

I think a fighter should be ready and able to adapt to anything that is in front of him in the ring.

That's the great thing about being an all-rounder. You can impose yourself on the game with bat and ball.

I have been pretty free-flowing in my batting. I have not let situations change my batting around too much.

Playing at different positions is a challenge, and I've always believed that I can play in any situation and at any number in the batting order.

I've played in a lot of different roles through the course of my career and I've been a starter for a lot of those years and the mentality can never change.

In terms of being able to adapt to any situation on any given night, in any given moment and that just comes with nearly twenty years of experience and paying attention to the guys that I've tried to emulate throughout my career.

I would say I am more comfortable in the centre of midfield. But when you are at a big club like Liverpool, you maybe get played in positions with which you might not be so familiar. But you have got to learn the different roles, because it gives you a better opportunity to play.

I am a player who finds it easy to adapt to the circumstances, and I don't think I would have had a problem adapting to England.

As a batsman, I want to stay as long as possible at the crease.

I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation.

I have to be flexible in my role, batting and bowling.

As you go along the way, you learn new things, but my basic game has remained the same. You learn about the mental aspect of the game as in how to disturb the flow of the bowlers. You get matured with experience.

From a personal standpoint, my ability to play all around the wicket is more mindset than anything else.

In the past, I played No. 10 and No. 9 sometimes when I had to help the team. I can play there and help my team-mates and my team; it's not important where I play. It's important to win the game.

You have to be good wherever the fight goes, and that's how I try to be.

Whether I play five or 10 metres forward or back does not change my way of playing, to be on the ball a lot.

I have matured as a player and learnt to perform under different situations.

I'm a strong fighter, I'm a fighter who can adapt to my surroundings.

Versatility is very important in the modern game.

I feel it's important for anyone to adapt; you never know what kind of situation you will walk into.

I've always said I don't mind where I bat and I have exactly the same mindset when I'm batting seven as I would at five.

Every experience you have in life can be applied to different things.

I learned to bat and bowl on different pitches and knew when to go hard and when to back off. It was just something I learned.