- By Ridam Sharma
- Thu, 29 May 2025 12:59 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Motivational Quotes By MS Dhoni: MS Dhoni is one of the most legendary and iconic sportsmen in the history of cricket. He is world-famous for his smart and calm gameplay. Through all the hardships, he came through as a real hero and made a name for himself and the country. He is loved by millions of Indian cricket fans and across the globe. His sporting spirits, teamwork, and smart game play is hands down an inspiration for many. Today, let’s take a look at over 30 motivational quotes by Mahendra Singh Dhoni to work hard and conquer dreams.
List Of 30+ Motivational Quotes By MS Dhoni To Work Hard:
"If you don't really have a dream, you can't really push yourself; you don't really know what the target is."
"I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don't really worry about the result if there's great commitment on the field. That's a victory for me."
"I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way."
"I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me."
"Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can't be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required of you over a while."
"Our biggest strength has always been the fans. All over, wherever we have gone, CSK has got support."
"I resigned from captaincy because I wanted the new captain to get enough time to prepare a team before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019."
"I love being in the present. When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the under-16 or the under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side. I'm a person who lives very in the moment."
"You learn a lot more when you're going through a rough period compared to the good times when everything goes your way."
"If you have a forest, if you have a green forest, the water table goes up. What happens with deforestation is that the water level goes down, and we all know how much importance drinking water has."
"Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then making a decision."
"Till the 10th standard, I was quite good - I got 66% that year. After my 10th, I got really involved with cricket, so I didn't have any time to study. And my parents didn't push me, either, which was very good for me."
"Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping."
"You go through tough times. What I personally believe in is that you should forget the stats. But also, it pushes you to see the areas where you have to work on to be a consistent team."
"My wife wants me to eat fish; she says it is delicious. But I don't like fish, so that is that."
"Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over."
"After the first ball is bowled, it's only chaos. What you are trying to do is you're trying to manage the chaos. It's not like a script that happens."
"Run Adam will play a significant role in aspiring sportspersons' lives to achieve their dreams."
"Unless you know the individual, it's very difficult to advise that individual as to what he needs to do."
"If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life."
"When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the Under-16 or the Under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side."
"A lot of things have changed since I made my debut in 2004. The way cricket is played has changed. The kind of players that are coming into the Indian team are drastically different from what we were used to. My role is quite the same. You only evolve with time, and that's what I am trying to do."
"I have formed the Mahendra Singh Dhoni Charitable Trust, which organises cricket tournaments in Jharkhand to identify promising cricketers so that we can help groom them, either in India or abroad."
"I am in the hands of Deori Maa. Every time I come to Ranchi, I visit her temple. I still remember my first visit."
"When people talk about South Africa, it's all about lions and elephants. But when we talk about India, we talk about tigers."
"You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame."
"The era of playing aggressive cricket and having the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman."
"For me, it's important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries."
"I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched."
"If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranji trophy, I think money is there. There's no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country."
"Getting up quite late in the morning, going and trying to clean my bikes - I have quite a few of them in Ranchi - spending some time with my family, my parents and friends. Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass. These are the sort of things that really excite me."
"Since 2005, I have not spent much time with my family. I have spent more time at the Taj Landsend in Mumbai. It was my 100th visit recently, which means I have spent more than 400 days in that hotel, and that is a lot more than I have spent with my family."
"One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field."
"After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympics, it doesn't work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health."
"Maybe because I bat aggressively and go for big hits at times, people tend to remember my batting. But I have always done well as a stumper, too."
"Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass."
"From when I was a young boy, I read books on weapons and tanks and combat. I was so interested in the army."
"I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order."
"I care most about how people live their lives, what choices they make, and how they get the best from themselves."
"Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years."
"Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are."
