If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner. Read Summary
On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won't spend yourself quickly. Read Summary
I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can. Read Summary
I don't really focus on these things - on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field - stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them. Read Summary
Whatever I am, it's natural... I don't have to pretend to be aggressive, don't have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform. Read Summary
I feel really blessed when people start comparing me with Sachin, but I keep myself focused on my performance and not on such comparisons. I literally worship him, so I don't see too much in this comparison. No cricketer has been able to score one hundred centuries like Sachin. Read Summary
I sit in places like Costa Coffee in Banstead and write rubbish. I need a deadline. I think about the 44 tour dates and keep imagining standing in front of all these people. Then every day I write 15 jokes minimum. Read Summary
I'm not really good at fun-to-know, human interest stuff. We're not 'celebrities', whose life itself is a performance. Good or bad or ugly, we are our words. They're what people meet. Read Summary
When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something. 'Wet' is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin'. Read Summary
To each his own, but my process of preparation is based on conditions, not opposition. Read Summary
I have to be prepared always and be at my best. I looked to bat 50 overs and score as many possible. It may not happen all the time, but whenever I see the opportunity, I try to make the most of it. Read Summary
I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person. Read Summary
I'm here to entertain. Read Summary
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. Read Summary
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals', the ones who somehow know how to teach. Read Summary
Every day, you're only as good as your last show. Read Summary
If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It's a country based on theater. It's a lunatic state - completely insane. Read Summary
I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of 'em and I could deliver with the best of 'em. Read Summary
My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it. Read Summary
If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that. Read Summary