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Cricketers are made to feel that they are very special. That is okay as long as cricketers realise they are only as good as their last innings.

Indian cricketers need more exposure, and as cricket administrators, we need to beef up the domestic circuit. Only then will fresh talent come up.

Apart from being celebrities, there's a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour associated with representing India. In people's eyes, apart from other celebrities in India, I think for sportsmen in India there's a certain amount of regard.

There are so many fans and so many people who care deeply about this game, and it is because of these fans that we are who we are as cricketers.

Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep, and every weakness is dissected.

You need to protect the best players in the country. When there is so much cricket, we must work on ways to prolong their careers.

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.

A weak, insecure nation needs sporting heroes, players larger than life on the cricketing field, who can transcend the limitations of their country and team.

When you're successful, there will be friends, people, VIPs rallying around you. When you're down and out, you're all alone. That's why it's important to be a good person. Because whether you're a successful cricketer or not can always change, but the respect you earn by being the person you are stays with you.

I know, in India, specially in Bollywood and the sports fraternity, there is a lot of negative media attention on prominent public figures.