Many think that elite athletes like me are taken care of. But that is not true, only a few like Sindhu are looked after well.
Physically, when you are fit, mentally you are more alert and confident.
Right from my childhood I used to physically fight with boys.
Getting a medal is not a small feat, irrespective of what color it is.
In fact, I am a bit apprehensive about biopics on sporting personalities in our country after seeing a few films. But my biopic is not going to be the same; it's completely different.
If I lose a match, I don't get sad or feel down. But if I lose a close match, I surely have sleepless nights.
If you keep winning all the time, you may not learn a lot, but failure has a lot to teach.
I stopped playing mixed doubles and there is no result in mixed doubles. I was world number six. People who are talking about me and my performance and questioning my career and my achievements, where is the next mixed doubles pair, please show it to me. I would like to know.
Being a player, I am supposed to train and practice and only think about my game, what I have to develop and what weaknesses I have to take care of.
In doubles there was nobody before me. I have changed how people look at doubles.
I have done nothing wrong as captain of the Delhi Krrish Smashers franchisee in the IBL.
I don't expect people to understand, but as players who love the sport and have constantly been thrown a rock at by our association and now the Govt, there is only so much one can take.
Consistency is most important in international level and once you have it, you become a different player.
Unlike badminton playing major nations of the world, we never had a specialist doubles coach and so the discipline remained neglected.
I don't court controversies, but when I state facts, which are hard to digest for male-dominated authorities, they call them squabble.
I have fought back. From not being allowed to play, I have now qualified for Olympics in two events, it is satisfying. I feel proud.
Justin Gatlin (QID920632)
I really don’t feel anything for the jaded fans if they don’t feel anything for me. My fans who love me and care about me and support me – those are the ones I run for.
Justin Kan (QID920658)
Electronic music is the first genre to realize how to use the music for marketing something else, which is playing festivals and club nights where they really make money.
Justin Kan (QID920674)
A lot of people on the business side are really serious. But I like being able to mix content that’s me having fun.
Justin Kan (QID920683)
We do think founders should be treated like athletes, going for gold really hard.
Julius Randle (QID920855)
For me, as someone who takes the game seriously, really loves the game of basketball, just looking at the trajectory of my career and every year I’ve done something to improve.
Julius Randle (QID920872)
Not having my dad in the house really wasn’t tough for me because my mom in the house is really all I know.
Julius Randle (QID920501)
Honestly, I hated Dirk growing up. As I got older and wiser, obviously I was really able to appreciate his greatness as I learned the game of basketball.
Julius Randle (QID920873)
I can play small ball because I can guard multiple positions because I can really move.
Julius Randle (QID920509)
It was just my mom, my sister and me. And from a young age, my mom always said I was like the man of the house. I really became the man of the house. And I really took that responsibility very seriously: being the man of the house, the protector.
Justin Kan (QID920915)
When you’re a startup, your edge is that you don’t have that many customers. So you can build a really strong relationship with them.
June Brown (QID920566)
When I was 17-and-a-half I volunteered for the Wrens. I auditioned for a play and we took it round the Southern Command area and I really enjoyed it. I got laughs and that was when the bug got me.
Justin Gatlin (QID920931)
I was jogging in the grass while on a warm-up and there was a sprinkler hole. I rolled my ankle, and it was really bad.
Justin Gatlin (QID920588)
Sometimes you can block out a lot of things because you’re thinking about so much and you can distract yourself, but sometimes that distraction of being ADD can really set you back.
Justin Gatlin (QID920939)
Once I was away from track and field, I was able to realize that life is something you really have to work on.
Justin Gatlin (QID920946)
I never stop to think about my age really. I just listen to my body and it tells me if I can or can’t.
Justin Gatlin (QID920621)
What is it really going to amount to if I go out there and run against Usain when he is not at his best? That is not a great storyline. It is not a race I would like to go out and win.
Justin Gatlin (QID920631)
Even if you watch the races I won – the indoor titles and the Olympics – I’ve never really been a superfast starter.
Jordyn Woods (QID920008)
I think that fitness really kind of saved me and made me the person that I am today, through losing my dad and everything that I’ve had to deal with.
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