GOD IN THE WORDS OF LEGENDS

Sachin Tendulkar is still a mystery in the cricketing world. The way he bat, the way he score, the way he behave with others, everything he has shown the world are epitomes for a good cricketer. There are many things one could learn from him. This is what makes Master Blaster the cricket God. Here are some quotations made by some legends about the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.

• "I don't know about cricket but still watch cricket to see Sachin play. Not because I love his play, its because I want to know the reason why my country's production goes down by 5% when he's in batting." - Barack Obama.
• "If Sachin plays well, India sleeps well.." - Harsha Bhogle.
• "I want my son to become Sachin Tendulkar." - Brian Lara.
• "We did not lose to a team called India, we lost to a man called Sachin." - Mark Taylor.
• "Nothing bad can happen to us if we were on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." - Hashim Amla.
• "He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also." - Waqar Younis.
• "There are two kinds of batsmen in the world : 1. Sachin Tendulkar, 2. all the others." - Andy Flower.
• "I have seen God. He bats at no:4 for India in tests." - Matthew Hayden.
• "When you bowl at him you are not trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him." - Andrew Flintoff.
• "I see myself when I see Sachin batting." - Don Bradman.   
• "In my several years of international cricket, Tendulkar remains the best batsman I have ever bowled to. It's been a pleasure to bowl at the master batsman even though one hasn't always emerged with credit from the engagements." - Allan Donald.
• "I have delayed my shoots many times to watch Sachin bat." - Amitabh Bachchan.
• "I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets." - Anil Kumble. 
• "You get him out and half the battle is won." - Arjuna Ranatunga.
• "I have to say Sachin is better than Lara, because he has that aura when he comes out to bat." - Brett Lee.
• "Tendulkar is to cricket what Michael Jordan is to basketball and Muhammed Ali to boxing." - Brian Lara.
• "He has been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive." - Daniel Vettori.
• "I am one among those fortune people who have seen Bradman and Tendulkar bat in my lifetime and in my opinion Tendulkar is the best batsman I have seen in my life." - Hanif Mohammed.
• "He continues to give more than 100% and his schoolboy-like enthusiasm for the game is something I envy and admire. For the team he is the best available coaching manual." - Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
• "Don't bowl him bad balls, he hit the good ones for fours." - Michael Kasprowicz.
• "Test cricket is bloody hard work, especially when you have got Sachin batting with what looks like a three-meter-wide bat." -Michael Hussey.
• "The more I see him the more I want to see him." - Mohammed Azharuddin.
• "His mind is like a computer. He stores data on bowlers and knows where they are going to pitch the ball." - Navjot Sidhu.
• "There is no shame losing to such a great player." - Steve Waugh.

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