Bhuvneshwar Kumar Quotes

Bowlers have to accept they will go for runs sometimes.

The way you get wickets is, you've got to build pressure.

Runs are important, don't get me wrong, but it will be wickets that I will be judged on.

I always believe I will take wickets.

I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.

When you create pressure in the previous over for your partner to strike, it is sometimes as satisfying as picking up a wicket yourself.

I never look to contain. I always try and take wickets.

Speed can't always get you wickets.

I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.

The way I am bowling at the death, it's all thanks to the IPL.

When a bowler comes on you want to put him under pressure. He might not allow you to do that but find a way.

As a bowler, there are times when you do not get wickets, and you don't have the numbers to show against your name. But never has the thought crossed my mind that I am not a confident bowler and the wickets are not coming my way.

I like to take wickets and see wickets and chances and I think in T20 cricket you have to risk a boundary to take a wicket.

Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.

When it's going well, stand-up is the best thing in the world, but when it's not, it feels like all your toes are being pulled off one by one.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

People are talking of his susceptibility to the rising delivery, but let me tell you that when you are out of form, every ball looks like a hand grenade.

If you're not scoring the frustrations build up.

It's the weight of expectation that's the hardest to deal with, really, from my point of view.

A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.

I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.

Being an impatient guy, even off the field, I would always look to score runs and score them quickly. Sometimes I panic if runs are not coming.

The only still center of my life is Macbeth. To go back to doing this bloody, crazed, insane mass-murderer is a huge relief after trying to get my cell phone replaced.