· "In India you can put the Prime Minister in the dock, but you can't point fingers at Sachin" - Navjot Singh Siddhu
· "I have seen God, he plays at No.4
for India" - Matthew Hayden
· When Sachin bats well, India sleeps well" - Harsha Bhogle
· When I saw Sachin batting on television, I was amazed by his technique. Calling my wife, I said that I have not seen my own batting, but it seems that I used to play in the same way. My wife used to play on television. Seeing said that yes the way of playing both of you is exactly the same" - Sir Donald Bradman
· If we are traveling in an airplane in India and Sachin is sitting next to us then nothing bad can happen to us" - Hashim Amla
· "Sachin's span of good form is longer than some of our players" - Daniel Vettori
· "Sachin Tendulkar has carried the burden of the country for 21 years, it is time we carry him on our shoulders" - Virat Kohli (after winning the 2011 World Cup)
· "I had to remind Gary Kirsten that he was standing against Sachin to field at covers, not to clap" - Hansie Cronje
· "There are two types of batsmen in the world, one is Sachin Tendulkar, the other is everyone else" - Andy Flower
· "We didn't lose to a team named India, we lost to a man named Sachin" - Mark Taylor
· "Sachin Tendulkar beat Shane Warne's balls in Sharjah in 1998 in such a way that Sachin started appearing in his dreams and he himself told this thing. He said that it seems that he (Sachin) is also in his dreams. Hitting sixes."
· "I have delayed my shoots many times to watch Sachin bat" - Amitabh Bachchan
· "We've had champions, we've had legends, but we've never had and never will have another Sachin Tendulkar" - Time Magazine
· "If my grandchildren don't remember that I scored 10,000 runs in ODIs and Test cricket, they will certainly remember the fact that I played alongside Sachin Tendulkar" - Rahul Dravid
· "Getting Sachin out is half the battle won" - Arjuna Ranatunga
· "I never feel tired when Sachin is at the crease" - Umpire Rudi Koertzen
· "There is no shame in losing to a player like this" - Steve Waugh
· "I'd say she's 99.5 percent right" - Vivian Richards
· "Sachin is the only batsman I would pay a ticket to watch" - Brian Lara
· "There will never be another Sachin Tendulkar" - Muttiah Muralitharan
· "I am lucky that Sachin has to bowl to me only in the nets" - Anil Kumble
· "There was a halt in the train journey from Shimla to Delhi. The train stopped normally for a few minutes. Sachin was close to a century. He was batting on 98. Passengers, railway officials, everyone was waiting for Sachin to complete his century. Been waiting. This talent can stop time in India" - Peter Roebuck (Former English cricketer)
· "Confess to all your crimes, when Sachin bats. Nobody will even notice, because even God will be watching" - a placard at the SCG
· "Tendulkar is to cricket what Michael Jordan is to basketball and Muhammad Ali to boxing" - Brian Lara "
· Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime, and I am privileged to have had them play in my time" - Wasim Akram