Lalit Modi said, and had said about him, some of the most bizarre things. Here’s a sample
ESPNcricinfo staff25-Sep-2013What they said about Lalit Modi”He is Moses of the game who has shown the path to blazing success.”
“Modi is doing an excellent job as IPL commissioner and chairman. He is appointed by the general body till 2012, and there is no reason and no power or authority with either of us to remove him.”
“I’m going to play and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop me.”
“$1 billion … you are nuts my friend … completely, absolutely mad and wonderful.”
“[Lalit Modi] obviously wants IPL to be the best and the most special thing in cricket. But to get that you have to look after your cattle, you can’t just keep driving and whipping them.”
“The media has been ready with the guillotine to hang the hero of the IPL.”
“I remember him saying to Modi, ‘I’m worth X amount of dollars’. Modi laughed at him.”
“It is like a sugar-free candy bar. Because it does the same thing. It tastes the same. But then there is always that one thing that’s missing.”
“Thanks. You are most sweet. Srini.”
“I do not give credibility to what Modi says.”
What Modi said”If they want to talk about their life, they can, but not cricket.”
“We are a very safe country. You are sitting here, I am sitting here, we all are sitting here … we are not Pakistan.”
“FIFA has been working here for eight years, we have been here for 22 days.”
“I see the IPL becoming bigger than the NFL, the NBA, the English Premier League.”
“Touched by the solidarity on the streets of Monaco. Touched by the solidarity for IPL. One day F1 too will have IPL following.”
“What a nightmare to convince them not to terminate [Sohail] tanveer and also not to take flintoff. Warne went of [sic] the handle. But have managed it by using stick and carrot strategy. Thus they have [$]1.875 [million] only. Much love Lalit.”
“Even in the trial of terrorists, witnesses are produced during the course of the trial – only in rare cases – with a changed identity.”
“Too busy counting the money I made for them.”
