Rahul Dravid Quotes

Indian - Athlete Born: January 11, 1973

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. Rahul Dravid

Determination, Courage, Myself, Talent

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. Rahul Dravid

Hope, Simple, Team, Cricket, Game, Pride

No dream is ever chased alone. Rahul Dravid

Alone, Dream, Chased, Ever

What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing. Rahul Dravid

Friendship, Success, People, Me, Team

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

Myself, I Am, I Am What I Am, Image, Am

One of the great joys of being a slip fielder who takes a catch is you are able to contribute to the bowler's success. Yes, you are putting yourself in the firing line if you stuff it up, but you must want to be in that position to make a difference, and recognise sometimes that you might make mistakes. There are no easy catches in the slips. Rahul Dravid

Success, Great, Mistakes, Yourself, You

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. Rahul Dravid

People, Game, Care, Fans, Because, Who

I have the kind of personality that I always look ahead than look at what's happened. It does help a lot, especially when you've done badly or you've failed. It's instinctive of me that I look at what's next, I look ahead a lot, and start preparing for that, in victory and in defeat. Rahul Dravid

Personality, Me, Victory, Start, Help

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

I Am, Intellectual, Pretty, Intense, Who

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. Rahul Dravid

Doing, You, Want, More, Tennis, Normal

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. Rahul Dravid

Best, Day, Talent, Cricket, Wish, Play

Apart from being celebrities, there's a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour associated with representing India. In people's eyes, apart from other celebrities in India, I think for sportsmen in India there's a certain amount of regard. Rahul Dravid

Respect, Eyes, People, Think, India

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. Rahul Dravid

Fitness, Me, Game, Skill, Hand, More

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. Rahul Dravid

Family, Tough Times, Support, Impossible

I wasn't the most prodigiously talented cricketer in Karnataka, let alone India. Some of my team-mates in my school team could hit the ball cleaner than I do. I had to work through that lack of talent, so to speak, that lack of natural flair. Runs never came easy for me. Rahul Dravid

Work, Alone, School, Talent, Me, Team

Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe. Rahul Dravid

Good, Fitness, You, Skills, Sometimes

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

Life, Think, You, Important, Credibility

I was lucky in my early years to play for a Karnataka team that was trying to forge itself into a strong side, and they were years of fun and learning. In the Indian team, I was fortunate to be part of a wonderful era when India played some of its finest cricket at home and abroad. Rahul Dravid

Learning, Home, Fun, Team, Cricket, Play

Even though it's a shortened format of the game, Twenty20 allows people with different skills to play in a team and play their specific roles. Obviously there's not too much time to waste balls, but if you look at guys who play well in the top six, they have a fairly decent amount of good cricketing ability. Rahul Dravid

Good, Time, People, Team, Game, Look

I don't get angry very often, but there have been times when I have been frustrated with myself, maybe after playing a bad shot, after getting out, I have done some damage to some equipment of mine. Once or twice in the course of 20 years - I think you can allow me that at least. Rahul Dravid

Myself, Angry, Me, Think, You, Bad

Reading allows me to recharge my batteries. Rahul Dravid

Me, Reading, Batteries

I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there is a certain limit on what you can spend. Rahul Dravid

Culture, Think, You, Important, Limit

There are fans of Twenty20 cricket, and we need to ensure that we give them the cricket they want to see. We need to keep Test cricket alive, because there is a section of fans who love and worship Test cricket and have basically helped this game grow, and they are as important as anybody else. Rahul Dravid

Love, Cricket, Game, Grow, Alive, Want

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. Rahul Dravid

Life, Government, Game, You, Run, Matter

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. Rahul Dravid

Life, Control, Cricket, You, Career

If someone thinks, 'I'll spend the off season working on my fitness and I'll come back a better cricketer,' I don't think that's enough. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills. Rahul Dravid

Time, Fitness, Think, Better, Someone

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