Tendulkar, who scored 51 Test centuries and will be remembered as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, delivered a long and impassioned speech to his home crowd in Mumbai.
"Friends please settle down, I'll get more emotional!" Tendulkar said as he took the microphone to rapturous applause.
"It's hard to believe my wonderful journey is coming to an end."
Tendulkar had "a long list of names" to thank, starting with his father, who died in 1999.
"Without his guidance I wouldn't be standing in front of you. He said 'chase your dreams, don't give up, the path will be difficult'. I still miss him today," Tendulkar said.
"My mum, I don't know how she managed a naughty child like me. She just prayed and prayed from the day I started playing the game."
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