Quotes from Mahendra Singh Dhoni

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar.

I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way.

A perfect smile is too often missing from the faces of the world. If cricket can provide more smiles, it is doing its job.

I am in the hands of Deori Maa. Every time I come to Ranchi, I visit her temple. I still remember my first visit.

Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years.

I have formed the Mahendra Singh Dhoni Charitable Trust which organises cricket tournaments in Jharkhand to identify promising cricketers so that we can help groom them, either in India or abroad.

Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.