Gautam Gambhir Quotes

Of course you're nervous going into a final.

I used to really panic about finals. I didn't understand the concept of how you could have one test that encompasses the entire semester.

A final is a final, and is motivation in itself.

If a teacher goes, 'Do you guys want an easy test?' You're going to say, 'Heck, yeah.' The less you've got to study, I'm going ace this test.

For exams, I swotted so hard because I couldn't bear the thought of not coming first.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

I crammed my exams in London and did fine.

I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test.

As a former teacher, I know how frustrating it must be to watch students walk out of class, particularly if they have important exams on the horizon.

From a young age, pupils are put under immense amounts of pressure in high-stakes exams. Often, they're made to feel like their whole future depends on how they perform in these narrowly focussed tests.

I always wanted to be a professional cricketer, which meant I didn't work as much as I should have done at exams. But, happily, it came off.

What are you?" I asked. "I'm the Ghost of the Night Before Exams." "And how long did it take you to come up with that?" Jazza asked. "I'm a busy man," he replied.

I was in college for two years but I didn´t attend too much. Then I decided to drop out. I was having too many nightmares about failing in the exams.

I know every year what my players get and what courses they get them in. I get a report every semester. What course. What grades.

I wrote down the grades I wanted in every class.

I would like my kids to study well.

I got through at Ignatius. I did OK, not great in any of my academic endeavors.

Till the 10th standard, I was quite good - I got 66% that year. After my 10th, I got really involved with cricket, so I didn't have any time to study. And my parents didn't push me, either, which was very good for me.

You can research until you're falling asleep, but that still doesn't mean you're really fluent in the material.

I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.

I never insisted that I was a good student.

It was driving me crazy that I couldn't remember something that I studied the night before. All it did was trigger my anxiety, and all of sudden everything would snowball on me.

I was a rather quiet student, studying hard. Once, I was ranked fifth in a school exam out of everyone in the same grade.

So I think it's like the night before the exam. Obviously, you stress. But when you have done your job well, then you need to go down, relax and enjoy.

I used to be a reasonably good student.