Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a former Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Under his captaincy, India won the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. A right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, Dhoni is one of the highest run-scorers in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with more than 10,000 runs scored and is considered an effective “finisher” in limited-overs formats. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper batsmen and captains in the history of the game. He was also the first wicket-keeper to effect 100 stumpings in ODI cricket. May these MS Dhoni Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “It’s important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What’s done is done.” MS Dhoni
2. “For me, fielding and running between the wickets are two things that are very important. For that, you need to motivate the guys about how much of an effect it will have on the game.” MS Dhoni
3. “I never allow myself to be pressured.” MS Dhoni
4. “Strong characters are needed in the game.” MS Dhoni
5. “I have always believed that process is more important than results.” MS Dhoni
6. “Everybody has views in life, and it should be respected.” MS Dhoni
7. “I love to be in the moment. I love to analyse things a bit.” MS Dhoni
8. “For me, it’s important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries.” MS Dhoni
9. “You go through tough times. What I personally believe in is 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.” MS Dhoni
10. “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 victory for me.” MS Dhoni
11. “You need to perform consistently, and if you’re raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.” MS Dhoni
12. “The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.” MS Dhoni
13. “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.” MS Dhoni
14. “As a skipper, when you try to manipulate the field, you need to see the strengths of the fast bowlers.” MS Dhoni
15. “Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am.” MS Dhoni
16. “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 taking a decision.” MS Dhoni
17. “What is important is to have a positive intent right from the start, and positive intent doesn’t always mean looking for the big shots. Positive intention when it comes to defending a ball or looking for a single.” MS Dhoni
18. “I love my country. I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.” MS Dhoni
19. “Our biggest strength has always been the fans. All over, wherever we have gone, CSK has got support.” MS Dhoni
20. “I live in the present with an eye on the future.” MS Dhoni
21. “I don’t think I will ever make my all-time greatest India team. You cannot compare one era with another, as they will be different.” MS Dhoni
22. “You learn a lot more when you’re going through a rough period compared to the good times when everything goes your way.” MS Dhoni
23. “If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi 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.” MS Dhoni
24. “What’s more important is, rather than looking at it from a commercial point of view, what we have to make sure is, where there’s existence of the sport, it keeps on increasing there, and at the same time, you look at some of the other countries where there’s the prospect of playing cricket.” MS Dhoni
25. “If you don’t really have a dream, you can’t really push yourself; you don’t really know what the target is.” MS Dhoni
26. “When you help sportspersons achieve their full potential, you propel the sporting quotient of the entire country.” MS Dhoni
27. “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.” MS Dhoni
28. “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.” MS Dhoni
29. “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 in the Indian team are drastically different than 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.” MS Dhoni
30. “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.” MS Dhoni
31. “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.” MS Dhoni
32. “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 from you over a period of time.” MS Dhoni
33. “After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympic, it doesn’t work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health.” MS Dhoni
34. “I care most about how people live their lives, what choices they make, and how they get the best from themselves.” MS Dhoni
35. “Whether a player has played one match or a hundred, we should give him respect for what he has achieved and leave it at that.” MS Dhoni
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