K. L. Rahul Quotes

I have always wanted to play at the top of the order.

That's where I would love to bat, and I have always batted at the top of the order. Numbers one and two are what I am most comfortable in.

I always had the confidence. The platform, guys getting injured and giving me multiple opportunities, that has allowed me to showcase it.

I was someone who used to bat up the order. Due to different reasons, I started batting at No. 7, and that became a permanent slot for me.

I was actually a top-order batsman when I played league cricket in Tamil Nadu. When I made my Ranji debut, I had to bat down the order.

I don't want to be someone sitting in my rocking chair at the end saying, 'Well, I passed.' My mum used to say life isn't for sissies.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Even if you actually have the good intent to do something creative or special with your life, it's hard. I mean, look at the number of people who actually get the opportunity.

When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.

My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.

I'd rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.

Nobody made a greater mistake as he who did nothing because he could not do everything

It's one of those things: you can't really control how much you play or when you play, but when your number's called, I think if you make the most of your opportunities in this league, that's what makes good players. That's what I've tried to do in my short time being a starter, and good things have come from it.

While I am here, I want to maximize my time on this planet, you know.

I have been successful as an opener, but who knows, maybe I would have been more successful in the middle order.

I think I've always been very good at taking advantage of the opportunities that have been given to me, because I didn't have many. Once I got one, I grabbed it with two hands.

The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.

Obviously, when I go in at No. 11 it stands to reason that we will have a better chance of scoring runs or batting out time if the batsman at the other end takes most of the strike. That's because, as my place in the order suggests, he is a better batsman than me.

We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there's a lot we can do, and there's a lot we should do.