"Open your grief-stricken heart to the Lord. Weep and sincerely pray, 'O Lord, draw me towards You; give me peace of mind.' By doing so constantly you, will gradually attain peace of mind."

"Pray to God with tears in your eyes whenever you want illumination or find yourself faced with any doubt or difficulty. The Lord will remove all your impurities, assuage your mental anguish, and give you enlightenment."

"To myself, the stateliness of her courtesy and her great open mind are almost as wonderful as her sainthood. — Sister Nivedita"

"Test cricket is bloody hard work, especially when you've got Sachin batting with what looks like a three-metre-wide bat."

"He is definitely someone who is miles ahead of his competition. In our days, cricket was played less, but in Sachin’s time, there is relentless pressure to perform. And the way he has carried on batting throughout his career is phenomenal. As for myself, I have many videos of Sachin’s best innings which I will watch from time to time to reminisce about his batting achievements when he has retired."

""Tujhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?" (Hindi: "तुझे पता है तूने किसका कैच छोड़ा है?"; Translation: Do you know whose catch you've dropped?)"

"I have no doubt in my mind that he was the greatest batsman of the modern era and I don`t see another like him coming soon. It was a privilege to play against him."

"Certainly the best I’ve seen... People talk of (Sir Don) Bradman, but our generation and the ones immediately before us didn’t get to see him... Sure, he has an astounding average (99.94), but of the cricketers I’ve watched, Sachin’s the best."

"I think he is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of cricket that has been played or will be played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that’s going to be. He can play in any era and at any level. I would say he’s 99.5% perfect."

"I didn’t see Don but to me, in all my years associated with the game, I haven’t seen a better batsman than Sachin Tendulkar."

"Tendulkar has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It is time we carried him on our shoulders."

"In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so."

"We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will."

"India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing."

"“The last time I watched Sachin was last week when he was on his way to a spectacular 175 and once again I felt that I was watching a player who comes but once in a century. It can be said that he is the Bradman of our times and I do feel privileged to have played a lot of cricket against him,”"

"There is no shame losing to such a great player."

"I don’t think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar."

"With Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, it was better to be friends and make them smile rather than wind them up."

"Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third."

"I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing us to breathe the same air as you do."

"We didn't see at that time and you cannot visualise 20 years down the track what the player is likely to do in the context of the history of the game. When you score as many runs as he (Tendulkar) has in Test and one-day cricket and score as many centuries and half centuries as he has done, it makes him arguably the greatest player ever in the history of the game. Statistics speak volumes of his contribution to Indian and world cricket. He is a phenomenal player."

"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt at one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing a 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!"

"His mind is like a computer. He stores data on bowlers and knows where they are going to pitch the ball."

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."

"The more I see him, the more I want to see him."

"Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours."

"This little prick's going to get more runs than you, AB."

"I have seen God, he bats at no. 4 for India."

"Irrespective of the score, whenever Sachin Tendulkar comes to bat he is under pressure. The pressure comes from all those people who look up to him, who pray that he gets a century, who cheer like India has already won when he comes in to bat, and who silently troop out of the stands once he gets out. When a visiting team comes to India, they know whom the Indians look up to. While they love watching India play, there is no doubt that Tendulkar is the player they love watching most. There is a buzz when he comes in to bat and if he fails, the crowd goes quiet for the rest of the game."

"We did not lose to a team called India, we lost to a man called Sachin."

"When we were growing up, we all used to watch Sachin. He was like God to us, he had that aura around him."

"He continues to give more than 100 per cent and his schoolboy-like enthusiasm for the game is something I envy and admire. For the team he is the best available coaching manual."

"He is just a legend of the game. To score 20 or even 30 Test hundreds would represent a magnificent career, but to go on and score 50 is remarkable. He has set the benchmark for other batsmen to follow, but the truth is it is hard to see how anyone can truly follow him because he is moving the bar so high. It is not simply about ability where Sachin is concerned, it is about longevity, fitness, and hard work. And to cap it all he is such a gentleman. I watch him bat and sometimes I wonder how he makes it look so easy. He has an unbelievable gift and he has made the most of it and long may he continue. I’m lucky to have been able to get to know him."

"There is no doubt he is the greatest batsman. In the last 13–14 years, he has worked so hard and has proved to the world he is outstanding and when he is playing so well, you can only wait to get his wicket."

"I know that the new ball is due, but I am saving it for that "Chotu" (Sachin) who is coming next."

"It did dawn on me at the end of the series that he was something special."

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it."

"I had to remind Gary Kristen often that he was in the covers to field against Sachin and not to applaud him."

"I am one of 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."

"In the early years, especially around the mid 90s, I had this feeling you could play around on his ego and get him out. He believed he could attack bowlers at any time and anyone who could bowl maidens to him stood a good chance. Things are of course different now."

"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 felt that this player is playing with a style similar to mine, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...his compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel!"

"If I’ve to bowl to Sachin, I’ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard."

"I actually feel very embarrassed because I rejected him as a fast bowler. I think I did him and the game of cricket a favour."

"The only thing that was on my mind was, 'I want to play for India one day,' and I was pretty sure and confident that one day I will."

"Putting Sachin Tendulkar's latest feat in a strictly cricketing context would not be fair to the sportsman. His achievements in the world of cricket need to be seen on a par with efforts in any other field - science, art, literature, etc - to push the frontiers of human excellence."

"Sachin Tendulkar, the Little Master, is so talented that wherever you’re from, you can’t help but admire him as he hits another century."

"He has been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive."

"He is a tremendous cricketer. He is young and has got a lot of ability. He's got his own style. He has got the temperament for big cricket and I hope that he goes from strength to strength."