Memorable quotes on Sachin Tendulkar

Bidding adieu to the Master!

It has finally happened. Sachin Tendulkar has announced that he will retire after his 200th Test match against West Indies. Words cannot describe what kind of an impact this decision is having on the Indian cricket fans at the moment.

On the other hand, a certain section of fans pretend to remain unconcerned, arguing that this doesn’t make any difference as Tendulkar, in the last couple of years, had become a shadow of a player he was. To those, we challenge you to go through these quotes on the Master Blaster and try not bursting down into tears.

BBC Sports, on Sachin Tendulkar:

Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don’t know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets and switch off their lives

Peter Roebuck:

“On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!”

Andrew Flintoff:

When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. “I want him to walk off thinking ‘that Flintoff, he’s all right isn’t he? I feel privileged to have played against him

Abdul Qadir:

I was fielding in the covers when Tendulkar came out to bat in his debut Test at Karachi. I still remember Waqar Younis was in peak form at that time. Tendulkar tried to drive Waqar through the covers off his very first ball in Test cricket but was beaten all ends up. But I walked to captain Imran Khan and told him ‘this kid looks very good’ and Imran agreed with me

Mahendra Singh Dhoni:

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar

Daniel Vettori:

He has been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive

Sourav Ganguly:

To me he will not just be remembered as a great player and a lovely human being, but as somebody who tried to learn Bengali for the last 14 years but never managed to do so!

Shahrukh Khan:

I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing us to breathe the same air as you do