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Rahul Dravid Biography

Rahul Dravid ( Rahul Dravid Pronuncuation.ogg (help·info); born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the current Overseas Batting Consultant for the Indian team, and also the head coach for the Under-19 and 'A' teams.

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There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching - you've got to catch, catch, catch. And more than doing the normal stuff, you have to vary your catching - you've got to take some catches with the tennis ball, you got to take some closer, some further away.

Ball, Balls, Catching, Closer, Tennis, Want

Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgment, modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero. You can't get a more complete cricketer than Sachin. He has everything that a cricketer needs to have

Hero, Mind, Same, Shrewd, Team

There are so many fans and so many people who care deeply about this game, and it is because of these fans that we are who we are as cricketers.

Care, Cricketers, Deeply, Games, People, Who Cares

I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people's ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That's the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.

Ball, Cricket, Determination, Discipline, Mistake, Thinking

A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.

Careers, Friends, Guidance, Sports, Support, Tough

Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.

Allows, Batteries, Reading, Recharge

You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.

Careers, Couple, Rest, Stuck, Years

I was telling people if every time I answered a question about Multan I got a rupee, I would be a multimillionaire by now.

Answered, Multimillionaire, People, Question, Rupees, Would Be

In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don't have control over that as a cricketer.

Careers, Controlled, Play, Schedules

I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.

Built, Deliberately, I Am What I Am, Image

My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.

Giving, Pride, Sadness, Team, Times

If you don't ask for the best, you don't get it.

Ask, Asks, Ifs

I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.

Cricketers, Intellectual, Intense, Played, Pretty

I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

Different, Football, Helped, Problem, School, Team

Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life it is important.

Administrators, Board, Game, Games, Government, Running

Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.

Cool, Ends, Honking, May, Rage

You don't play for revenge, you play for respect & pride

Play, Pride, Respect, Revenge

I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.

Credibility, Important, Life, Public, Think, Thinking

I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.

Give, Giving, Play, Talent, Wish

The bowlers I respected or feared or rated were not the ones who gave me lip or stared at me or abused me. More the ones who, at any stage of the game, when had they had the ball in hand, they were going to be at me, and they were going to have the skill and the fitness and the ability to be aggressive.

Bowlers, Games, Hands, Ones, Skills, Stage

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