Fascinating & inspiring quotes by people around the world about Sachin Tendulkar – India’s legendary cricket (sports) player.
~ Breathing the same air
1. 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.
~ Sachin Tendulkar is your Z+++++ security
2. Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it- Hashim Amla.
~ Sachin Tendulkar is beyond legendary
3. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will – Time Magazine.
~ The only of his kind
4. There are 2 kinds of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others – Andy Flower.
~ Sachin Tendulkar is God
5. I will see God when I die but till then I will see Sachin (Tendulkar) – from a fan in Sharjah, probably most of his fans will say this.
~ He is above Prime Minister
6. India me aap Prime Minister ko ek baar katghare me khada kar sakte hain. Par Sachin Tendulkar par ungli nahi utha Sakte – Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Translation – You probably may have India’s Prime Minister stand in the dock in court, but you can never raise a finger on Sachin Tendulkar.
~ He can put a Nation on pause
7. This Genius can stop time in India – Peter Roebuck.
8. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets and switch off their lives – BBC Sports on Sachin Tendulkar.
9. I have delayed my shoots many times to watch Sachin bat – Amitabh Bachchan.
~ One man Army
10. We did not lose to a team called India, we lost to a man called Sachin (Tendulkar) – Mark Taylor.
11. Sachin Tendulkar has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It is time we carried him on our shoulders – Virat Kohli.
~ Play to impress him
12. Don’t bowl bad balls he hits the good ones for fours – Michael Kasprowicz.
13. When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him – Andrew Flintoff.
~ He mesmerizes the opponents
14. I had to remind Gary Kristen often that he was in the covers to field against Sachin not to applaud him – Hansie Cronje.
15. I never get tired when Sachin is at the crease – umpire Rudi Koertzen.
16. 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 – UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
~ He breaks his own records
17. The only challenge he has is to beat himself every time he walks out there because he has done almost everything – Kumar Sangakkara.
My personal note: Everyone has written so much about Sachin Tendulkar, that i don’t have to describe who he is. I was lucky to see him play in my childhood & experience that aura on the box television sets. I am just compiling the best quotes according to me, which even if i read after 50 years, it would remind me of the magnanimous stature Sachin Tendulkar had. Its overwhelming, isn’t it?
Cheers!
