Rishabh Pant Quotes

If you can't field you can't play for Pakistan. It's as simple as that.

I didn't have to play rugby that well, and I didn't have to play cricket that well, because I had this voice.

To be in the England squad, you have got to be playing well and your standards have got to be up there.

Honestly I'm excited for whatever team wants to draft me, and I'm excited to make an impact right away.

You don't get called up to the national team because you tell good jokes, you are funny, you are handsome or because you are Messi's friend. You are called up because you have a role at your given club and you have personality.

If you play well at club level, then, you deserve an invitation for the national team. That's the way it goes.

And I've always been able to play basketball at the highest level, and been able to play a significant role on the team I've been traded to.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.

Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

I think I have just as much talent as anybody when it comes to the 100 or 200.

My main strength is my bowling, but where I bat, I can also contribute for the team, and that is important.

An all-rounder is someone who can make it to the team purely on the basis of his batting or bowling. Not both.

I think I chose wisely. When it came down to it, I knew I was a better goalkeeper than I was a bowler.

When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a way to separate yourself from incredibly talented guys. Especially when you go through the injuries that I've had, you come back, and you might not physically be able to do some of the things you used to do.

Not many young guys in the league are getting to play valuable minutes for a really good team, so I'm trying to take advantage of it as much as I can.

Whatever team wants me, I'd love to play for them.

IPL is a platform for players to get noticed and maybe make it to the Indian team, but the focus should be on performance rather than thinking about India selection.

There are no guarantees getting into an England squad: there's so many unbelievable players.

I know that if I am playing at an all-pro level, our defense is playing well.

I have had to work hard to get in the starting XI for England.

'A' tours can be considered as a stepping stone to getting into the national team, so they are really important.

Getting to the national team is very complicated.

Just being in the whole environment around the IPL, around the people that you ge to play with and against means it's going to be really, really good.

Playing for CSK, one of the best franchises in the world, I've to show people how much I love and respect this team.