Greatest ever….. even Bradman acknowledged his feat!…worth a Billion fans in India and Billions out of it …

@Hashim Amla

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight

@yaseer hameed

"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"

- What Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin

Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don’t know, something beyond scientific measure. Something

that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When

he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives "

BBC on Sachin

But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds – or a game – until Tendulkar was out.

"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai? “ "Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?" Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin’s catch.

@Brian Charles Lara again

Sachin is a genius. I’m a mere mortal.

Mark Taylor

"We did not lose to a team called India…we lost to a man called Sachin" - Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

@M. L. Jaisimha:

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

@McGrath

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen , the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility – all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"

@Wife Anjali

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"

by HAYDEN – i feel is the best SACHIN QUOTE he said

"I HAVE SEEN GOD, HE BATS AT NO.4 FOR INDIA"

"Even my father’s name is Sachin Tendulkar."

Tendulkar’s daughter, Sara, tells her class her father’s name after the

teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai

KUMBLE : I am fortunate that I’ve to bowl at him only in the nets!

@ shahrukh

quoting Shahrukh from an interview

Que: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?

Shahrukh: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching

Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!

@Navjot Singh Sidhu

India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte..

@waqar younis

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also .

A banner once said-’ I WILL SEE GOD WHEN I DIE BUT TILL THEN I WILL SEE SACHIN ‘ that quiet defines Sachin-The greatest.

Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the

world — Allan Donald

And i remember reading in one of Allan Donald’s interview. This interview was in Cricket Talk and 7-8 yrs ago.

I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and I know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries.

Peter Rebouck – aussie journalist

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

NKP Salve, former Union Minister

This was when he was accused of ball tempering "Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It’s clear discrimination."

AND THE BEST OF ALL

Andy Flower:

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the Others..

MNS and all the hysteria surrounding it

the way the selected legislators are working does not suit the image of the democracy we crave for. also it does not guarantee the the way on which the politics of MNS brand wants to go. the MNS is the brainchild of some other personality than it appears to of of Raj’s. Well its not the way that the happenings are going ahead after the elections but there seems to be a hand behind the curtains pulling the strings for “his” own good thru MNS.

The other motive may be the downfall of the ShivSena, but after all the SS has been bought down by MNS – some where 20-30 seats have been lost by the NDA in Maharashtra due to interference of MNS factor in the assembly polls.

Its the same old truf, a bro for a bro, like in Mahabharata, and the results may not differ this time, too! both brothers are fighting each other and while this was not expected by the people, after they did cast their votes, and equations changed the way they used to be, somewhere SS being stuck by a thunder bolt while not winning majority in their Mumbai fort, where it began its journey.

One side of India Shining lies the metropolitan city, which has its arms  open for all, but its rulers want to curb that hands on the other way round!

Last not the least, the way things turn around before the MNS is into power may be differ after it comes on power! that would have to be done by them….