A biography for Milkha Singhhasn’t been written yet.
“Sports authority should hire coaches only on contract basis in athletics and also in other games. The coaches should be told to produce medals in upcoming Olympic Games. Only then will they work day and night and push sportsmen and women to work harder.”
“My parents had a small piece of land to earn a living from, but my father always wanted to educate his children.”
“I knew what my fatal error was: After running perilously fast in lane five, I slowed down at 250 meters. I could not cover the lost ground after that - and that cost me the race. After the death of my parents, that is my worst memory. I kept crying for days.”
“I am happy with the Padma Shri. What difference does it make to me if I am now given a higher Padma Award?”
“I lost in my first ever 400m race, the event I almost ruled later.”
“If today any athlete were to put in as much effort as Milkha Singh did, he can conquer the universe and his record will remain unbroken for at least 100 years.”
“These days kids are not passionate. They lack will power to go all the way. They want to take the easy route.”
“I came from a remote village, I didn't know what running was, or the Olympics.”
“No one should suffer what I suffered. I still dread those scenes when man killed man. I lost my parents, most of my family, by running away.”
“I don't even know when my father admitted me to school. During those days in villages, people did not remember the exact date a child was born. It was usually only the season that they remembered.”
“If you want a name, you have to fight death.”
“I am happy that my son has been responsible for putting India on the world map in golf.”
“Today, Jamaica is known because of just one man - Usain Bolt. Not many Indians have managed to reach the finals of track and field events at the Olympics and that says it all.”
“It was the quest for survival that took me to the world of sports.”
“If you want to make your children a successful doctor, engineer or a sportsperson then you will have to put in double the hard work than that of your children.”
“In the Army, I was running for India and I was a soldier who could have died for India.”
“I loved Farhan's look in the 'Toofaan' teaser. He has made a wonderful physique for the role of a boxer.”
“Exercise has kept me safe during COVID-19.”
“I want to tell people that they should always try to stay calm and speak good things, have control over food by adopting healthy food habits, eat less food and exercise daily.”
“No matter what the weather was, I would practice for five hours every morning and evening, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty-five days a year. It was this disciplined routine that moulded me into the athlete I became.”