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Some Quotes On Sachin Tendulkar

1. There are two kinds of batsmen in the world. One, Sachin Tendulkar. Two, all the others.” — Andy Flower

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2. “I have seen God, he bats at no. 4 for India.” — Matthew Hayden

3. “The only batsman I would love to see by paying for the tickets and sitting in the stand just to watch him is none other than Sachin Tendulkar.” — Brian Lara

4. “We did not lose to a team called India, we lost to a man called Sachin.” — Mark Taylor

5. “If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.” — Dennis Lillee.

6. “Don’t bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours.” — Michael Kasprowicz

7. “We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.” — TIME magazine

8. “Sachin Tendulkar, the Little Master, is so talented that wherever you’re from, you can’t help but admire him as he hits another century.” — David Cameron (former UK Prime Minister)

9. “I have delayed my shoots many times to watch Sachin bat.” — Amitabh Bachchan

10. “I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing us to breathe the same air as you do.” — Shahrukh Khan

11. “When we were growing up, we all used to watch Sachin. He was like God to us, he had that aura around him.” — MS Dhoni

12. “In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so.” — Virat Kohli

13. “Gentlemen, he is the best batsman I have seen in my life. And unlike most of you, I have seen Bradman bat.” — John Woodcock (English journalist)

14. “Even if my grandchildren don’t remember the fact that I scored 10,000 runs in One Day and Test cricket, they will surely remember the fact that I was a team mate of Sachin Tendulkar.” — Rahul Dravid

15. “Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time.” — Wasim Akram

16. “I’m fortunate that I’ve to bowl to him only in the nets.” — Anil Kumble

17. “Test cricket is bloody hard work, especially if you’ve got Sachin batting with what looks like a three-metre-wide bat.” — Mike Hussey

18. “If Sachin bats well, India sleeps well.” — Harsha Bhogle

19. “I never get tired of umpiring whenever Sachin is at the crease.” — Rudy Koertzen

20. “When you play against Tendulkar, you almost want to see him get a few runs just to see him bat.” — Mark Waugh

21. “He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease.” – Greg Chappell

22. “The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter… is he human?” – Michael Atherton

23. “The thing I like the most about Sachin is his intensity. After being in the game for so long, he still has the same desire to do well for India in any international match. I tell you what, this man is a legend.” – Sourav Ganguly

24. “The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility – all make for a one-in-a-billion individual.” – Glenn McGrath

25. “When we used to play, we thought no one can break Sunil Gavaskar’s record. No one could think about 50 Test centuries at that time. This is certainly a big knock under the circumstances, better than the 200s and 300s.” – Kapil Dev (on Tendulkar’s 50th Test hundred)

26. “He is someone sent from up there to play cricket and go back.” — Ravi Shastri

27. “Sachin is the most complete batsman I have ever seen.” — Ricky Ponting

28. “He is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of cricket that has been played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that’s going to be. He can play in any era and at any level. I would say he’s 99.5% perfect.” — Sir Vivian Richards

29. “On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt at one of the stations. Sachin was nearing a century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This genius can stop time in India!” — Peter Roebuck

30. “Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.” — Hashim Amla

31. “Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching.” — A placard at the Sydney Cricket Ground

32. “When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. I want him to walk off thinking ‘that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he?’ I feel privileged to have played against him.” — Andrew Flintoff

33. “I don’t know cricket, I don’t know how Sachin plays. But I still try to watch him playing because I want to know why my country’s economy goes down 0.5% when he’s batting.” — Barack Obama (former US President)

34. I can imagine cricket without Sachin. But, can never imagine Sachin without cricket

Anjali Tendulkar, Sachin's wife

35. I have to say Sachin (is better than Lara), because he has that aura when he comes out to bat. - Brett Lee

36. I am one of those fortune people who have seen Bradman and Tendulkar bat in my lifetime and in my opinion Tendulkar is the best batsman I have seen in my life. - Hanif Mohammad

37. Certainly the best I’ve seen... People talk of (Sir Don) Bradman, but our generation and the ones immediately before us didn’t get to see him... Sure, he has an astounding average (99.94), but of the cricketers I’ve watched, Sachin’s the best. - Waqar Younis

38. "I see myself when I see Sachin batting."- Sir Donald Bradman

39.  I never coached Sachin Tendulkar, I gave him gentle advice when he asked for it. – John Wright

40. To Sachin, the man we all want to be". - Andrew Symonds

41. He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.- Richie Benaud

42. I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player. - Shane Warne

43. The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock. - ML Jaisimha

44. Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson.- Martina Navratilova

45. “I Will See God When I Die But Till Then I Will See Sachin Tendulkar.” And a fantastic one by a SACHINIST, “GOD wanted to play cricket, so Sachin was born.” - banner in Sharjah

46. “I will forever remember Sachin as one of the greatest players of the game. In fact, it is something I look forward to telling my grandchildren in the future — that I played against one of my childhood heroes. - Ross Taylor

47. “In an over I can bowl six different balls. But then Sachin looks at me with a sort of gentle arrogance down the pitch as if to say ‘Can you bowl me another one?" - Adam Hollioake