Kapil Dev On How He Became A Cricketer

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"Anything but studies.” The audience was in splits as Kapil Dev revealed how he got interested in cricket in this speech from 2019. The Haryana Hurricane turns 62 today.  Thanks to Viral Bollywood for the footage!

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00:00I didn't want to be a cricketer, honestly.

00:03I wanted to be a sportsman.

00:05I just wanted to play.

00:07I used to get football, I used to get table tennis.

00:10Whatever I didn't get from my studies,

00:13I'm playing 90% of the time, right?

00:20And again, I won't say much.

00:23I used to say it before.

00:26Because sportsmen are taught only one thing.

00:30Only play. Keep your mouth shut.

00:34And when they let you play,

00:36they say, only speak.

00:39When you came to the World Cup to bat,

00:42what was your mental temperament?

00:44If you could tell us in 5 minutes,

00:46really that would be great.

00:49Sir, I'm from Delhi.

00:51Where did you bat 10th?

00:5310th was in Delhi.

00:54What did you do that day?

00:55What did you eat in the morning?

00:58I don't remember.

00:59You don't remember?

01:02Sir, we...

01:03You said such an important thing about life.

01:06You don't remember.

01:07And you say, tell me what happened to me.

01:10How did you remember?

01:12It was 20 years ago.

01:19Look, there are two kinds of people.

01:22One is the one who tell stories.

01:25And the other is the one who make stories.

01:33We don't talk about it.

01:35We remember it.

01:37You tell us.

01:38We don't make stories.

01:40What happened?

01:41What happened?

01:42What happened?

01:49Kapil! Kapil!

01:51A huge round of applause!

01:56I have often said that

01:58God has given you a few days in your life.

02:25But it feels good when

02:27the rest of the people remember your good days.

02:30Wow!

02:33Sir, how did you find your passion for cricket

02:35and that you wanted to be a cricketer?

02:37I didn't want to be a cricketer.

02:39Honestly.

02:40I wanted to be a sportsman.

02:42I wasn't a cricketer.

02:44I was a player who played anything.

02:46I even used to fly kites.

02:49I just wanted to play.

02:51I used to get football,

02:53I used to get table tennis.

02:55Whatever I didn't get from my studies,

02:58I used to play it.

03:00It was my passion.

03:05So I used to just play.

03:07But when I say,

03:09not I will tell all the kids,

03:11when I went to the school,

03:13I used to play football.

03:15For football,

03:16I used to get two hours off in class.

03:19For cricket,

03:20I used to get three days off.

03:23So 90% of the kids are playing, right?

03:30Everybody can't play for the country.

03:33But one thing is for sure,

03:35everybody can play.

03:38Everybody can play.

03:41And that's very, very important.

03:44What we say,

03:46if you play the game,

03:47one thing is important,

03:49you learn in life,

03:51how to take loss and win

03:53in the same breath.

04:05The bottom line is,

04:07to work hard.

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