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Motivation Quote by Sachin Tendulkar

"But eventually it is a game of cricket"

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A Tendulkar sentence that lands like a shrug and a sermon at once. “But eventually it is a game of cricket” is the kind of line you reach for when the noise gets too loud: the nationalism, the brand deals, the mythmaking, the endless decoding of every glance and gesture. He’s not denying the spectacle. He’s re-scaling it, dragging the whole circus back onto a rectangle of grass where runs still have to be scored the hard way.

The intent is calming but also corrective. Tendulkar spent a career as a public utility in India - a vessel for hope, pride, even relief. In that environment, sport stops being sport; it becomes a referendum on identity. The “but” is doing heavy lifting: yes, the pressure is real, yes, the stakes feel civilizational, yes, a failure can be treated like betrayal. But. Eventually. A reminder that outcomes hinge on basics: timing, footwork, selection, patience. Not destiny.

The subtext is self-preservation, too. To survive being “Sachin” for decades, you need a mental move that returns you to process, not prophecy. This line is an athlete’s way of puncturing pseudo-religious seriousness without insulting the people who feel it. It’s humble on the surface, quietly defiant underneath: don’t turn me into a symbol so heavy I can’t play.

Contextually it fits his public persona - disciplined, non-dramatic, allergic to grand pronouncements. In a culture that often treats cricket as national theater, he insists on the mundane truth: it’s still bat versus ball, and the rest is commentary.

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Tendulkar, Sachin. (2026, January 17). But eventually it is a game of cricket. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-eventually-it-is-a-game-of-cricket-77432/

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Tendulkar, Sachin. "But eventually it is a game of cricket." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-eventually-it-is-a-game-of-cricket-77432/.

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"But eventually it is a game of cricket." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-eventually-it-is-a-game-of-cricket-77432/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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Sachin Tendulkar (born April 24, 1973) is a Athlete from India.

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