A biography for Abhinav Bindrahasn’t been written yet.
“One must understand that shooting is a very individual sport and see what sort of coaching possibilities exist in the country and what their standards are. One of the issues that has been faced earlier by shooting athletes is that we have one odd national coach for whom it's impossible to give that sort of attention to say, a group of 30.”
“I believe that it is important, wherever possible, to lend a voice to help those in trying times.”
“Performance in any sport can never be broken down into black and white. There's a lot of grey in the nature of sport.”
“You can't really rely on a couple of athletes to deliver you medals in five consecutive Olympic Games. It's absolutely unrealistic. You have to have a system in place where you continue to increase the depth of the sport which pushes performance levels to higher standards.”
“Up until Beijing where I had my greatest victory, I had trained for 16 years of life with a singular goal and singular obsession that I wanted to win gold medal at the Olympics.”
“Shoot-offs are always a lottery. Somebody wins, somebody loses.”
“Unfortunately, people not just in India but globally seem to be lacking empathy. Not just during the pandemic, but in other times too.”
“I only wish the sport of shooting was more reachable and there were training centers all over the country where youngsters could go and try shooting.”
“I have had a decent career.”
“Sports federations must try to be professional in trying to market their sport.”
“We want a clean and effective Olympic body where it can help us and Indian sports to grow and we athletes can represent our country and our flag once again.”
“I am happy with the way I shot and ended my career.”
“Sport can never be scripted. What I had in my control was to be the best that I could be every single shot.”
“I've not been the most athletic person.”
“In my case it was a sustained effort. I was fortunate to have the backing of my parents to start off with and towards the Beijing Olympics the Mittal Champions Trust came into the picture and they helped me a lot.”
“I think we should follow the Olympic charter and the guidelines as the whole world is following it.”
“The beauty of having goals in life is that it drives you and when that is lost you lose a lot of meaning in life.”
“10,000 athletes go and compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal, the number is very, very less.”
“No, I firmly believe in giving my place to another person. We have a lot of talent back home. I don't want to hang on for just the sake of hanging on.”
“After I won in Beijing I chatted with a lot of Indian athletes and they were interested and keen to know what I did. They all thought that I had some sort of secret for success, but I just wanted them to understand and realize that the biggest secret is: there is no secret.”