For a long time, television said, ‘We won’t cover cricket unless you pay us to cover it.’ Then they said, ‘OK, the next rights are sold for 55 million dollars. The next rights are sold for 612 million dollars.’ So, it’s a bit of a curve, that. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
I always wanted to play cricket, and I have played competitive cricket to a fairly good level. I remember that my father used to come and watch me play. He used to love watching me play. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
Cricketers are made to feel that they are very special. That is okay as long as cricketers realise they are only as good as their last innings. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
Cricket, like all sport, offers glory to few and a lifetime of it to even fewer. For the investment it demands, it offers short careers that end when people in other professions are starting to flourish. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
One of the reasons you study at great institutions or aspire to work in great corporations is that you hope to acquire the values they stand for. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
Sometimes your greatest strength can emerge as a weakness if the context changes. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
To be a commentator, you must have a life outside cricket, too. If cricket is all that you know, then you would not be a great commentator. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life. If you fail today, there’s a second innings maybe two days later. Maybe there’s another opportunity coming up three or six months later. If you look at mistake as learnings and commit never to make a same mistake again, then you actually get better with every mistake that you make. Harsha Bhogle Read Quote
