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MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni’s full name is Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and he is a former Indian international cricketer. He remained the captain of the Indian national side in both limited-overs and Test cricket. Under his captaincy, his team won the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, and the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Furthermore, he is a right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper who ranks among the top One Day International run-scorers (ODIs). He is India’s most popular cricketer, however, he announced his retirement from international cricket on August 15, 2020.

Following the top 59, MS Dhoni’s quotes are beneficial to his countless followers.

  1. “Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people’s faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.”― MS Dhoni

  2. “Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel – that’s my favourite time-pass.”― MS Dhoni

  3. “Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am.”― MS Dhoni

  4. “One thing about our country that is constant is cricket.”― MS Dhoni

  5. “If you have forest, if you have green forest, the water table goes up. What happens with deforestation is the water level goes down and we all know how much importance drinking water has.”― MS Dhoni

  6. “If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it’s something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.”― MS Dhoni

  7. “IF YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE A DREAM, YOU CAN’T REALLY PUSH YOURSELF; YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE TARGET IS.”― MS DHONI    

  8. “Getting up quite late in the morning, going and trying to clean my bikes – I have quite a few of them in Ranchi – spending some time with my family, my parents and friends. Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel – that’s my favourite time-pass. These are the sort of things that really excite me.”― MS Dhoni

  9. “I live in the present with an eye on the future.”― MS Dhoni

  10. “Spirit of cricket is not about just the guidelines provided.”― MS Dhoni

  11. “What’s more important is, rather than looking at it from a commercial point of view, what we have to make sure is, where there’s existence of the sport, it keeps on increasing there, and at the same time, you look at some of the other countries where there’s the prospect of playing cricket.”― MS Dhoni

  12. “It’s important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What’s done is done.”― MS Dhoni

  13. “You learn a lot more when you’re going through a rough period compared to the good times when everything goes your way.”― MS 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.”― MS Dhoni

  15. “For me, it’s important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries.”― MS Dhoni

  16. “I have always believed that process is more important than results.”― MS Dhoni

  17. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  18. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  19. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  20. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  21. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  22. “From when I was a young boy, I read books on weapons and tanks and combat. I was so interested in the army.”― MS Dhoni

  23. “Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over.”― MS Dhoni

  24. “In Test matches, you have to play consistent cricket for a period of time.”― MS Dhoni

  25. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  26. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  27. “The more allrounders you have, the more difficult it becomes for the opposition. The reason being, if you have players who can bat and bowl, and if they are proper allrounders – they may be spinning or fast-bowling allrounders – they add to the strength of the team.”― MS Dhoni

  28. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  29. “I RESIGNED FROM CAPTAINCY BECAUSE I WANTED THE NEW CAPTAIN TO GET ENOUGH TIME FOR PREPARING A TEAM BEFORE THE ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2020.”― MS DHONI     

  30. “After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympic, it doesn’t work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health.”― MS Dhoni

  31. “Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.”― MS Dhoni

  32. “I live for the moment – not the future, not the past.”― MS Dhoni

  33. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  34. “I don’t think I will ever make my all-time greatest India team. You cannot compare one era with another, as they will be different.”― MS Dhoni

  35. “The cameras used to pass by me; now they’re stopping for me.”― MS Dhoni

  36. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  37. “I am touched by the admiration and ovation I receive from CSK fans, which will always remain close to my heart.”― MS Dhoni

  38. “Let me tell you, it is an absolute lie that I told a probe panel that Meiyappan was only a cricket enthusiast. All I said is he had nothing to do with the team’s on-field cricketing decisions. I can’t even pronounce the word ‘enthusiast.’”― MS Dhoni

  39. “Nobody really wants to bowl a bad over, but if it happens, the individual is more disappointed than anyone else in the stadium or the team. Ideally, it is best to leave him to this thoughts and then have a chat with him after the team is back at the hotel when he will be less frustrated and more accepting.”― MS Dhoni

  40. “I’m a person who lives very in the moment.”― MS Dhoni

  41. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  42. “In tennis ball cricket, even it’s hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal cricket, it has to be the middle part of the bat, so it requires a lot of work.”― MS Dhoni

  43. “I am in the hands of Deori Maa. Every time I come to Ranchi, I visit her temple. I still remember my first visit.”― MS Dhoni

  44. “I love being in the present. When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the under-16 or the under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side. I’m a person who lives very in the moment.”― MS Dhoni

  45. “Nobody wants to really play bad cricket.”― MS Dhoni

  46. “Everybody has views in life, and it should be respected.”― MS Dhoni

  47. “Maybe because I bat aggressively and go for big hits at times, people tend to remember my batting. But I have always done well as a stumper, too.”― MS Dhoni

  48. “When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the Under-16 or the Under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side.”― MS Dhoni

  49. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  50. “The reason why people love T20 is the sixes and fours.”― MS Dhoni

  51. “You can’t make three or four spinners bowl the exact number of overs. You don’t see the number of overs bowled by them before you make a bowling change; you see who looks effective and make a bowling change.”― MS Dhoni

  52. “India-Pakistan matches always capture the imagination of people from either side.”― MS Dhoni

  53. “You have seen cricketers who are not god-gifted, but even then, they have gone far. That’s because of the passion.”― MS Dhoni

  54. “I never allow myself to be pressured.”― MS Dhoni

  55. “I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way.”― MS Dhoni

  56. “Since 2005, I have not spent much time with my family. In fact I have spent more time at the Taj Landsend in Mumbai. It was my 100th visit recently, which means I have spent more than 400 days in that hotel, and that is a lot more than I have spent with my family.”― MS Dhoni

  57. “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.”― MS Dhoni

  58. “I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.”― MS Dhoni

  59. “I love to be in the moment. I love to analyse things a bit.”― MS Dhoni