I loved playing cricket from my childhood. My dad made me…

I have been passionate about cricket since childhood. I played the sport at the inter-school and inter-college level.

— Mukesh Rishi

I have always loved cricket since childhood.

— Nani

It’s hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it’s all I have ever done since I was 11 years old.

— Sachin Tendulkar

From playing cricket in a boys team I had to learn quite quickly how to handle them and I've always felt quite comfortable in…

— Isa Guha

Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgment, modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance…

— Rahul Dravid

My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with…

— Karisma Kapoor

I was just a regular kid who was interested in studying, playing cricket, and watching movies.

— Vicky Kaushal

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.

— Sachin Tendulkar

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

— Mary Russell Mitford

Growing up in Rochdale, I think, all the kids in my street, pretty much every boy was playing cricket. I had four brothers as…

— Sajid Javid

Cricket has a stigma of old men in white clothes playing cricket but readdressing that image to people who aren't necessarily cricket lovers may…

— Jos Buttler

The face of the team are the people who're playing on the cricket field. The team is not about one individual.

— Gautam Gambhir

My kids don't slow down, but they like to hang just with us, with mum and dad. They play with us and we play,…

— Deborra-Lee Furness

When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really…

— Eden Hazard

It ain't like I had a dad out there to play catch with me or throw me batting practice. I'm proud of myself.

— Tommy Pham