Rahul Dravid (known as “The Wall”) is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the Indian cricket history. He was born on 11 January 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His progress into the national side may have been steady and methodical rather than meteoric, but once there, Dravid established himself at the vanguard of a new, defiant generation that were no longer easybeats away from home. Armed with an orthodox technique drilled into him by Keki Tarapore, he became the cement that held the foundations firm while the flair players expressed themselves. Yet, for a man quickly stereotyped as one-paced and one-dimensional, he too could stroke the ball around when the mood struck him.
Quotes of Rahul Dravid :
1. I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.
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2. I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.
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3. You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.
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4. No dream is ever chased alone.
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5. 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.
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6. A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.
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7. I think there’s a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I’ve come into it. I’ve enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there is a certain limit on what you can spend.
Rahul Dravid
8. If someone thinks, ‘I’ll spend the off season working on my fitness and I’ll come back a better cricketer,’ I don’t think that’s enough. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills.
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9. Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life, it is important.
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10. I wasn’t the most prodigiously talented cricketer in Karnataka, let alone India. Some of my team-mates in my school team could hit the ball cleaner than I do. I had to work through that lack of talent, so to speak, that lack of natural flair. Runs never came easy for me.
Rahul Dravid
BY SHWETA TIWARI
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