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“Misery and sorrow, I don't want to have anything to do with them. I always want to be happy and cheerful.”
“Medal in Olympics is not small thing. There is a need to develop sportsperson especially athletes from the grass-root level to win medal in Olympics. The athletes should start to develop from the school level.”
“Ours is a country with diversified culture and centuries-old tradition, which have to be preserved at any cost.”
“My dream is to see an Indian with a gold medal in athletics in the Olympics.”
“Spare a thought for people like me who sweated it out for our moment of glory and the joy we brought for the country. I had earned my records the hard way.”
“When sports gets involved with petty politics from authorities and co-athletes, it becomes a nasty game.”
“I have heard some people saying that I continue to run for the sake of money. What is money to me? I have enough of it.”
“After a hard training day, I used to massage myself. That meant recovery was slow.”
“I fear human beings, because we cannot predict the swings of a human being. They are capable of doing anything. I really fear that.”
“Every day, I get four-five calls from filmmakers across the world. They all want to make a movie on my life and journey, but every time, I say no.”
“There is no dearth of talent in India, but there is no encouragement and facilities to train.”
“At the Usha School of Athletics, our sole aim is to earn Olympic gold medals for India.”
“Our actions, behavior, speech and for that matter anything that we do should strictly comply with our culture.”
“The only realistic offer came from Nebraska University who offered me a scholarship to be a physical education director. What will a 24-year-old do with that? Retire and study?”
“During our time, we used to go to school at the age of six.”
“I wanted to give everything that I lacked in my childhood to young children of my village. I had only talent but no scientific training, facilities or infrastructure to help.”
“There are many incidents in which I have seen and experienced cheap politics.”
“Two decades in athletics is a long time in sports.”
“My stride is perfect for 15 steps till I cross the seventh hurdle when I switch to 17 steps.”
“I have won so many awards including the Padma Shri and Arjuna Award. But all these awards do not carry the kind of prestige they did once.”