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I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two…hi compactness, technique, stroke production… it all seemed to gel! in reference to Sachin Tendulkar.
- Sir Don Bradman

I’ll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don’t think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.
- Shane Warne

Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin’s dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way.
- Wasim Akram

Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don’t know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets and switch off their lives.
- BBC Sports

What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10 Tendulkars.
- Paul Strang

You might pitch a ball on the off stump and think you have bowled a good ball and he walks across and hits it for two behind midwicket. His bat looks so heavy but he just waves it around like it’s a toothpick.
- Brett Lee

Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin
Tendulkar on it.
- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.

We did not lose to a team called India…we lost to a man called Sachin.
- Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

I HAVE SEEN GOD, HE BATS AT NO.4 FOR INDIA
- Matt Hayden

I am fortunate that I’ve to bowl at him only in the nets!
-Anil Kumble

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations.
The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century.
This Genius can stop time in India!
- Peter Rebouck, Aussie journalist

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One, Sachin Tendulkar. Two, all the others.
- Andy Flower