MS Dhoni Quotes

MS Dhoni

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 7, 1981

The biggest learning during my tenure as a captain was that, a lot of time, I used to think that this is common sense. But no, there is nothing called common sense.

MS Dhoni

If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.

MS Dhoni

For me, it's important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries.

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I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

MS Dhoni

Strong characters are needed in the game.

MS Dhoni

Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.

MS Dhoni

After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympic, it doesn't work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health.

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In tennis ball cricket, even it's hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal cricket, it has to be the middle part of the bat, so it requires a lot of work.

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I love my country. I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.

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For me, opposition is just another opposition.

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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many.

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Our biggest strength has always been the fans. All over, wherever we have gone, CSK has got support.

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Even when you bowl a bad over, try to restrict it in between 15-18 runs, because if you go higher than that, it has a bigger impact on the game.

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You need to perform consistently, and if you're raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.

MS Dhoni

One-day cricket is about aggression and flair, but Test cricket is a different ball game. One has to struggle through the hard periods initially and then look on to get a respectable score on the board.

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I love to be in the moment. I love to analyse things a bit.

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Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can't be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time.

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If you keep winning, you don't know the areas you've to work hard.

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Nobody wants to really play bad cricket.

MS Dhoni

My wife wants me to eat fish; she says it is delicious. But I don't like fish, so that is that.

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