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I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister.

I never took a bribe. This is the truth, and there is no other.

I have played cricket on my own terms.

Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching.

I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'

Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn't accept a bribe, I had to run.

Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.

I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.

I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.

It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.