Sachin Tendulkar,who had taken up the cudgels against criticism of senior players last year,has said that he hardly pays heed to criticism. "People will have opinions but that doesn't mean they are correct. They are only opinions and I have bigger things to deal with. Guys that have all the time in the world to discuss these things,discuss them. I don't," Tendulkar told men's fashion magazine 'GQ'. Last year,Tendulkar had defended his senior teammates who were under attack during India's home series against Australia. Tendulkar said the senior players had made major contributions,which needed to be acknowledged and appreciated. Dwelling on his own career,Tendulkar said he had moments when he could have "got carried away" but hard work and resolve helped him reach the pinnacle of success. "Given the things that have happened in my life it would have been easy to get carried away," Tendulkar said. "There were times when I felt that,yeah,I should bunk practice and spend time with my friends and go out for a movie. But my coach would turn up and make me sit on his bike and take me all the way to practice," he recalled. Tendulkar,who holds umpteen cricketing records,said success did not come automatically to him. "I have made an effort. It doesn't happen automatically," he said.
