“Optimistic is the one who thinks bullshit is a fertiliser.”

A batsman essentially has to remain focussed for just 25 seconds per delivery, so why do I need to meditate for 15 minutes? — Sehwag

The mind has the ability to focus on only one thing at a time. You have to decide whether it is the past, present or the future. — Martina Navratilova

Sometimes your ego is your greatest enemy. Your ability to keep your ego

there are only two people on the ground—you and the wicketkeeper. It teaches you discipline.”

Sachin used to wear his pads and practise in the sun in the middle of the afternoon. He explained, “No point practising in the shade when you are going to play the match under the sun.”

Sachin has always believed that every person has some reserve energy in their body which they can tap when they need it the most.

There comes a point when one is just done with it. This is the time he says, one needs to push the hardest and when you do it with all your might and show resistance to fatigue, new doors of energy open up. The point he makes is that the quantum of reserve energy in the body is way more than what one expects it to be. The harder the push the easier

“The mind has the ability to focus on only one thing at a time. You have to decide whether it is the past, present or the future,” said Martina Navratilova,