"Sachin — the greatest ever player ever — without any doubt" – Lalit Modi

See his record! Who else has got 90-plus centuries, 17000-plus runs in ODIs and 13000-plus runs in Test cricket? He is comfortably the greatest batsman ever" – Sunil Gavaskar

"He is a classic batsman. He played authentic shots and showed you do not need to slog to play well in One-dayers" – Jacques Kallis