Anil Kumble Quotes

Anil Kumble

Profession : Coach

Birth : October 17, 1970

This is my belief, whether its practice, a match, or whatever - your mind has to be ticking all the time. As for the team, yes, it needs an overall vision, for the same reason, because it gives us something to work towards.

Anil Kumble

Diabetes is a silent killer and awareness about the same is certainly lacking, hence I felt there was a need for me to get involved and assist in creating the required awareness.

Anil Kumble

As a bowler you are not a hero, you are always backing a hero but you need 20 wickets to win a Test match.

Anil Kumble

My basic strength has been accuracy, line and length and I've always worked on that. I knew that would hopefully never leave me. Even if I don't bowl for three months, the first time I go out I would still be able to land it on the spot.

Anil Kumble

I think it's important for every individual to have a vision, to have an aim. If you don't have an aim, you don't think; if you don't think, you can't achieve.

Anil Kumble

No matter what, I was always looking for a wicket. Whether I was bowling to restrict or bowling to get wickets, at the back of my mind, I always had the thought that I wanted the wicket.

Anil Kumble

I was involved with Gary Kirsten only for the Test matches, a very short period. He was, again, someone who worked in the background and didn't make himself visible. Exactly how I'd like to work as well. Not in the front, but behind the scenes.

Anil Kumble

I need to make one thing clear, the IIndian way of playing cricket is loved around the world. People love to watch an Indian batsman, because he is different from say an Australian one. That is why we are special, we play with our own kind of flair, our own style, and we shouldn't change that.

Anil Kumble

But one thing I would like to certainly clarify that I am no player-manager, nor is my company a talent management company. That needs to be very clear.

Anil Kumble

It is true that when you're defending a target, you tend to be more ruthless when you're defending a lower target than a 300-plus one because you have the comfort of runs in the latter case.

Anil Kumble

If it was a very senior team you can sit back and strategize. But for a young team you need be in the middle.

Anil Kumble

I generally try to bowl one-on-one with the 'keeper and bowl all the deliveries in my arsenal so that he can have a good look.

Anil Kumble

It will be wonderful to get into the Indian dressing room as the coach. I am really looking forward to the challenge and the huge responsibility. I know there will be a lot of expectations and that is something which I am looking forward to.

Anil Kumble

Cricket is all about looking out for your mate and playing as a unit.

Anil Kumble

As a coach I need to organise preparations for the team and give informed input to captain and the team to strategise better, inclusive of every player.

Anil Kumble

An Indian captain is a friend, guide, philosopher to the players under him.

Anil Kumble

I think it's a great challenge for a bowler to be captain of India and it is not looked at very positively in India for some strange reasons.

Anil Kumble

Yes, you'll try and set up a batsman and get him to play a few shots. It's just that you are always trying to play a mental game with the batsmen and as long as you are doing that consistently throughout the day and keep asking questions you are bound to be successful.

Anil Kumble

Aggression is not just the emotion that you show on the field, but at the end of it, you have to ensure that you play the game aggressively and the ball has to do the talking.

Anil Kumble

Captains realise over a period that if they plan right and understand the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition, luck attaches itself to their side.

Anil Kumble