Here are 25 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Practical Quotes Which Proves he is a Cricketing Genius and Ultimate Leader ever born in the Indian Cricket history:
1. “I don’t study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I’ve played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2. “For me, it’s important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
3. “You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
4. “If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There’s no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
5. “One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other’s company. I don’t like discussing cricket off the field.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
6. “The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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7. “I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don’t really worry about the result if there’s great commitment on the field. That’s victory for me.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
8. “Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
9. “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.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
10. “I love to be in the moment. I love to analyse things a bit.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
11. “If you don’t really have a dream, you can’t really push yourself; you don’t really know what the target is.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
12. “Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can’t be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
13. “After the first ball is bowled, it’s only chaos. What you are trying to do is you’re trying to manage the chaos. It’s not like a script that happens.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
14. “I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
15. “You need to perform consistently, and if you’re raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
16. “For me, fielding and running between the wickets are two things that are very important. For that, you need to motivate the guys about how much of an effect it will have on the game.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
17. “As a skipper, when you try to manipulate the field, you need to see the strengths of the fast bowlers.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
18. “Whether a player has played one match or a hundred, we should give him respect for what he has achieved and leave it at that.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
19. “Even when you bowl a bad over, try to restrict it in between 15-18 runs, because if you go higher than that, it has a bigger impact on the game.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
20. “Sometimes in T20, you need to bowl only one over, and once the captain has given you that one over, irrespective of whether it is good or bad, that one over is out of the equation. That actually helps you, that one over. By the time the batsman figures out what you are trying to do, you get rid of one over.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
21. “If you don’t perform, and you’re part of the team, whether you’re playing your first Test or 50th Test match, criticism goes hand in hand, so that’s something you can’t really get away from. If you don’t perform, you will be criticised.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
22. “What is important is to have a positive intent right from the start, and positive intent doesn’t always mean looking for the big shots. Positive intention when it comes to defending a ball or looking for a single.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
23. “You go through tough times. What I personally believe in is you should forget the stats. But also, it pushes you to see the areas where you have to work on to be a consistent team.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
24. “I have always believed that process is more important than results.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
25. “The biggest problem is when a player asks a captain why he is not playing but does not want an honest answer.” – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
