Fearless means trusting your instincts and clarity of thought. Once you have made up your mind, don't be scared of what if.

I am a professional, I believe in work ethics, I believe in contracts.

A few good words don't just make your day but they also give the sense of belonging and confidence to take the next big step forward.

The beauty of Test cricket is all about playing an opponent in their backyard or defending home turf under challenging conditions over five days - dominating each session, dominating each day, picking 20 wickets to win a contest. That's historically been cricket's most fascinating gift.

I've always maintained that winning and losing will be part of the sport.

Opening for the first time in Test cricket, I scored 128 against the likes of Sarfraz Nawaz and Imran Khan.

In local cricket, I scored big hundreds and picked wickets against good teams.

Sometimes when you are playing non-stop international cricket in all formats - which was the case with Jadeja - you do well one day, get hammered the next, and immediately the spotlight is on you. That eats into you.

When you set out on a journey, you set the bar high but you don't know what you can achieve.

I am used to challenges, bring on another one.

When you are asked to open the batting in overcast conditions, it is a challenge.

Individual don't matter, and we should all work in the best interest of Indian cricket. It should take the centre-stage.

It's a privilege and an honour to be a part of the Indian team setup.

Opening is about the mindset. You got to respect the new ball.

If we are confident of what we can do, then all opposition simply has to be treated as a whole.

Life is much like batting, treating every ball on merit.

Take up a challenge and treat it as an opportunity. Once you do that and succeed, all you want in life is more such opportunities.

I've been doing breathing routines for years. It is massive. It helped me in commentary as well.

You have to look at youth in whatever you do, in whatever walk of life at some stage.

What my endeavour is to see a happy Indian team playing cricket.

The grade contracts of a Test player should be the highest.

My job is to do exactly that with every player - to put him in a frame of mind where he is thinking only about his role and he is thinking about the team he is playing for and, of course, the opposition which we always respect.

When you play the game, you want your mind clear. You want to be able to focus inwards without a care in the world for anything outside.

Sometimes in the subcontinent you just need five batsmen.