Quotes from MS Dhoni

My dad and my brother were more keen on football, but I used to play canvas-ball cricket while at school in Ranchi, and we would have cricket coaching camps in the summer vacations. That's how I started.

I have faced challenges during the initial stages of my career, and I see Run Adam as filling a vacuum.

The more allrounders you have, the more difficult it becomes for the opposition. The reason being, if you have players who can bat and bowl, and if they are proper allrounders - they may be spinning or fast-bowling allrounders - they add to the strength of the team.

As a skipper, when you try to manipulate the field, you need to see the strengths of the fast bowlers.

Strong characters are needed in the game.

For me, opposition is just another opposition.

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.

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

Everybody has views in life, and it should be respected.

You can't take any team lightly.

Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am.