A biography for Abhinav Bindrahasn’t been written yet.
“Reflecting back on my career, I was not a talented athlete at all. I had no competitiveness naturally, and was full of anxiety and panic all the time - something that's certainly not needed for shooting.”
“When I started at 15, I never thought about winning nine Commonwealth Games medals.”
“What the people in the country need is meeting of minds between similar philosophy for betterment and well being of people.”
“A lot needs to be done for Indian sport and with our potential we are nowhere near where we can be.”
“Shooting is an amateur sport, but everybody does it professionally.”
“I've never been to a disco in my life.”
“It is my job to be composed.”
“I was just trying to be immersed in my technique and I was actually immersed in it. That is the difference between really performing well and not performing well at the highest level.”
“I was always humorous by nature but, maybe, no one noticed it. Or, maybe, I looked just too intense or serious to others.”
“Pressure is a positive thing and it makes no difference on your performance if it is not there.”
“Sportspersons at the grassroots must get world class exposure in terms of coaches, facilities, physical trainers and mental trainers so that a strong foundation is laid at the base. That's the key to success.”
“But post my victory in Beijing, I actually wanted to quit sport and move on to something else in life.”
“All you need to do is train, train and train. Keep working hard, harder and harder. That's the only thing you need to do.”
“The Olympic movement has made a conscious attempt to make sports and disciplines urban in nature.”
“I became a process-oriented athlete; one who believed in giving it his best shot and not bothering about the outcome.”
“Sport is one part of life. There are so many things to life but I've done nothing. I've really done nothing else but focused on shooting.”
“In shooting, you need to be dumb.”
“Incorporating science, technology, engineering, analytics and medicine to athletes' training and development not just at elite level but basing it right at the grassroots level is important.”
“I left my sport when I knew I had nothing more to give.”
“An athlete is not a robot, not a machine. Wellbeing of athletes is absolute necessary.”