Quotes about "Resilience & Adversity"

It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task. ”

I batted with contact lenses in the IPL while playing for Delhi Daredevils. I wasn't picking the ball early. So I went back to the glasses. ”

If you know your game, you can handle pressure; you can handle any kind of situation, back yourself, and play your own game and get success. ”

My style is my strength. It is my natural game. That is how I grew up and scored most of my runs. ”

You don't think of these things when you play. When you retire, you look back and see that my Test average outside Asia is 40, and it is 49 overall. If I can change something, I'd like to change that average outside Asia. I tried as hard as I could outside Asia, but I couldn't do that. ”

Border' was the first movie that I watched on the big screen. It always takes me back to my childhood. ”

In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him and outside cricket, my mother has remained my inspiration. Whatever difficult time I had faced, she was always there for me. She has given me all the strength. She maintained her composure and supported me in tough times. ”

The first thing I look forward to when I am in Delhi is to spend some time with my family. It's always lovely coming back here and playing in front of my own people. It's just a special place. ”

The big 'Aha!' moment is that the trauma never goes away. ”

Sometimes there is no sugar-coating it. Sometimes you have to challenge people's belief systems in a progressive way. ”