Vijay Mallya

“I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.”

“If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European market.”

“I am an Indian to the core.”

“Banks are there to support businesses that have justifiable needs.”

“I am an honest, straight guy.”

“One of India's biggest advantages is our young demographic and that we have a youthful population that is indeed our future.”

“I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.”

“Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.”

“Any serious airline has to look at a worldwide network.”

“At age 26, I was chairman of UB Group but living like a 26-year-old. I lived my age. Which youngster doesn't like a Ferrari? Which youngster doesn't like a good time?... but my contemporaries were R. S. Goenka and Dhirubhai Ambani, captains of the industry but twice my age. You wouldn't necessarily expect them to be driving around in Ferraris.”

“I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.”

“I'm no hardened criminal who the authorities need to hunt.”

“I do not believe in hypocrisy.”

“I spend my own money, not other people's money.”

“My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.”

“It's not quite right to be sitting outside India and to be judging what is happening in India.”

“I live the way I want to live, and I don't comment on the way that other people live.”

“Whenever I do something, it is rooted in the Indian opportunity.”

“I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.”

“India has given me everything. It has made me Vijay Mallya.”