Gautam Gambhir

I have been a part of the teams which had the original great man - Sachin Tendulkar. I remember in 2007-08 tour of Australia, Sachin paaji would get all the attention from the locals. ”

Cricket is a team game. If you want fame for yourself, go play an individual game. ”

Kolkata Knight Riders is not about me. It is about the team. ”

I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team. ”

The face of the team are the people who're playing on the cricket field. The team is not about one individual. ”

I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched. ”

Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that. ”

IPL is good for limelight and making money. ”

Being an impatient guy, even off the field, I would always look to score runs and score them quickly. Sometimes I panic if runs are not coming. ”

When you are playing against an opposition, you want to go out there and win a game, and for that, you have to be aggressive. ”