Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly the greatest player to have ever played the beautiful game of cricket. In a career spanning over a period of 24 years, he broke almost all the records one could. In process, he has earned millions of fans. And amongst some of his fans are some popular names in the world. To get an idea about what the prominent personalities from cricket and non- cricketing background have said for him, one has to read the quotes stated by them. All these quotes show their fond affinity and respect for the Little Master. And although there are numerous such quotes from renowned names all over the globe, here are the 20 best quotes out of them for Sachin Tendulkar:

20) Placard in Sydney Cricket Ground:

Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching"

19) Brett Lee:

"You might pitch a ball on the off stump and think you have bowled a good ball and he walks across and hits it for two behind midwicket. His bat looks so heavy but he just waves it around like it's a toothpick".

18) Wasim Akram:

"Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time."

17) Steve Waugh (After Sharjah innings):

"It was one of the greatest innings I have ever seen. There is no shame being beaten by such a great player."

16) Graeme Smith:

"Tendulkar is a world class player and a great ambassador for the game. As a youngster I watched his games and that’s where all my dreams started. You watch Tendulkar on TV and you think, ‘I want to be like that one day’."

15) Mark Taylor:

"We did not lose to a team called India, we lost to a man called Sachin (after the two famous innings in Sharjah)"

14) Michael Hussey:

"Test cricket is bloody hard work, especially when you've got Sachin batting with what looks like a three metre wide bat."

13) Andrew Flintoff:

"When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. 'I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he? I feel privileged to have played against him"

12) Daniel Vettori:

"He has been in form longer than some of our guys have been alive."

11) Glenn McGrath:

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility – all make for a one-in-a-billion individual "

10) Dennis Lillee:

"If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard"

9) Waqar Younis:

"He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also.

8) Hashim Amla:

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it"

7) Andy Flower:

"There are two kinds of batsmen in the world. One, Sachin Tendulkar. Two, all the others"

6) Matthew Hayden:

"I have seen God, he bats at no. 4 for India"

5) Brian Lara:

"The only batsman I would love to see by paying for the tickets and sitting in the stand just to watch him is none other than Sachin Tendulkar."

4) Shane Warne:

“I’ll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don’t think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player."

3) Barack Obama:

"I don’t know cricket. I don’t know how Sachin plays. But I still try to watch him playing because I want to know the reason why my country’s economy goes 0.5% down when he is batting."

2) Sir Donald Bradman:

"I saw Sachin playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...his compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel"

1) John Woodcock:

“Gentlemen, he is the best batsman I have seen in my life. And unlike most of you, I have seen Bradman bat.”

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