Live reporting: Sachin Tendulkar's press conference after retirement

  •   For 24 years I have played cricket for India, I have faced many challenges: Sachin





  •   I have found solutions to all challenges during my career with the help of my family: Sachin

  •   Most important thing for me was to play for my country for 24 years and it has been a dream journey: Sachin

  •   I have no regrets of retiring, it was the right time: Sachin

  •   I will play somewhere. I will always have an association with the game, not in the immediate future, but some day: Sachin

  •   It hasn't yet hit me that I won't be playing cricket anymore.. I think I will play it off and on

  •   This journey has been incredible. Cricket is my oxygen

  •   The feeling that I will never play cricket has not sunk in yet: Sachin Tendulkar

  •   I have no regrets, because I thought this was the right time to end my journey: Sachin

  •   I will remain associated to cricket in one way or the other: Sachin

  •   I was enjoying but I always felt whenever I feel like retiring, I will tell everyone: Sachin

  •   Sachin: Don't feel I have retired

  •   My body was not able to cope up with all the training and the games. I was losing my consistency: Sachin

  •   I wanted my last match to be Mumbai because prior to my farewell, my mother has never seen me play: Sachin

  •   My body wasn't able to sustain the load of international cricket: Sachin

  •   I was enjoying but I always felt whenever I feel like retiring, I will tell everyone: Sachin

  •   My mother had never seen me play a single ball. I wanted to play in front of her, in Mumbai: Sachin

  •   My family, my mother have sacrificed everything for me. This award, the Bharat Ratna, is for my mother: Sachin

  •   My Bharat Ratna is for all mothers across India: Sachin

  •   I am humbled that the Bharat Ratna has been bestowed upon me: Sachin

  •   I want to congratulate Dr CNR Rao for his Bharat Ratna. I am truly honoured to be getting it with him: Sachin

  •   In whatever I do, India comes first: Sachin

  •   Opening a cricket academy is a nice thought, I will be involved with cricket in some capacity: Sachin

  •   I would like to share my knowledge and experience with the next generation and be involved with cricket: Sachin