"I sincerely feel today's 139 is among my better hundreds and it is all the more satisfying as the team won to take the 2-1 lead against the Aussies." - On his record breaking innings at Indore

"I could not have asked for more. The important thing is that you should score and help the team win." - Sachin Tendulkar

"Would be to continue getting as many runs as I can for the team and hopefully pick as many wickets as possible". - On his aim

"I have told Ganguly, not to forget that I have got 98 wickets." - On needing just two wickets for a new landmark

"I believe in destiny. Pune, Indore or... That run will come when destined. I hope to be on the winning side that day." - Quoted as saying to The Telegraph

"Yeh ek bahut bada player hai.... Sab record tod ke chhode ga." (He is a class player...he will break all records). - the former Pakistan leg spinner said after being hammered by Tendulkar in his first match in 1989

"There wasn't much our bowlers could do against Sachin, who was batting very well." - On Tendulkar's match winning knock

"Whether you lose by one run or a hundred is not very important though we would have liked to get nearer to the target." - On the defeat by a huge margin

"I still feel we will stick to the rotation plicy for the rest of the series and we are not perturbed by a loss here and there." - On the back fire of the rotation policy

"Tendulkar's effort was fantastic. I'm not surprised." - On Tendulkar's record

"I am not performing well with the bat but I think we are playing well as a team... the team is winning and that is important for me." - On India's victory

"I would love to get runs for the team and I think it is just a bad patch I am going through...I will come back soon." - On whether his poor form was bothering him

"I am delighted that Sachin Tendulkar has completed 10,000 runs in one day internationals and has achieved a magnificent record. The Board of Control for Cricket in India is proud of him. My heartiest congratulations to Sachin and I wish him many more such achievements." - The BCCI president on the Little Masters feat

"Tendulkar will one day own all batting records barring Sir Don Bradman's Test average of 99.96." - Former New Zealand captain on Tendulkar

"Crossing 10,000-run barrier is a truly remarkable achievement but then Sachin Tendulkar is among the rarest of jewels. He is glittering in all his glory now." in his column in The Hindu

On the Aussie strategy or the lack of it, it was hard to understand this 'Rotation Policy'. One personally thinks this is a 'load of rubbish.' In his column in the Hindu

"When the little champ decides to do something on the field, it has to be an extraordinary delivery that will get him and nothing else. The Australians didn't have that delivery in this game." - On Tendulkar's record breaking fete in his column in the Times of India

"It just proves that you can never keep a good man down. Now, Tendulkar is towering over all of his contemporaries." - In his column in The New Indian Express

"He has got all the strokes in the book. It's a great achievement. I'm happy for Sachin." - One of the oldest living cricketers quoted as saying in The New Indian Express

"Tendulkar is the god of cricket.His character on and off the field is impeccable which shows in his game. He played a brilliant innings today against Australia." - The former Indian wicketkeeper quoted as saying in The New Indian Express

Tendulkar is the best player in the world. At the age of 27, he has scored 10,000 runs which is fantastic. He will probably score 20,000 runs. He has got talent, depth and temperament." - The former leg spinner quoted as saying in The New Indian Express

"Tendulkar is the best player in the country and deserves praises on his outstanding feat." - The TNCA secretary on Sachin's feat